[1] Design for the ground storey of the house, possibly executed, c1789

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  - Teddington, Middlesex, designs for a house and stables for Robert Udney, possibly executed, c1789 (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/60

Purpose

[1] Design for the ground storey of the house, possibly executed, c1789

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a seven-bay central block, with additional wings to the east and west. On the north front the central five bays are projecting and contain a central stepped entrance. On the south front, across the central three bays, there is a colonnaded canted bow with a central door. To the east of the central block there is an L-shaped wing with an irregular north wall, and within the east wing there is a circular room containing niches. To the west of the central block there is a rectangular wing divided into two rooms, and further west of the house a boundary wall is shown

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

1st design / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) Principal Story of a House at Teddington for Robert Udney Esqr

Signed and dated

c1789
c1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (463 x 256)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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