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[4] Design for the first storey of the house, c1784
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/82
Purpose
[4] Design for the first storey of the house, c1784
Aspect
Plan of a five-by-five-bay building, with square corner turrets, and with a colonnaded screen along the south front. The proposed alterations create a square formation from the L-plan building, with an additional wing to the north-east containing bedchambers, and additional corner turrets to the rear containing dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
One Pair Story of Blackadder House / (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of Alex Boswell Esqr / A / B / Dress. Room / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Dress. Room / Water Closet / Principal Staircase / Bed Chamber / Closet / Cabinet / Drawing Room / BedChamber / Water Closet / Powdering room / Dress. room
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (477 x 264)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
6 (cropped)
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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