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Academic study for the plan of a square house showing the staircase floor, seven bays by three bays, with four spiral staircases around an octagonal court.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/127
Purpose
Academic study for the plan of a square house showing the staircase floor, seven bays by three bays, with four spiral staircases around an octagonal court.
Aspect
Plan
Scale
1 in to 15 ft
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1750s
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey wasy
316 x 270
Hand
Adam Scottish Office
Watermark
top of cross
Notes
One of three plans (see also Adam vol.7/126 and 128) that are probably academic studies and were possibly made in the 1750s in the Adam Scottish Office. They can be compared with a similar, but more practical set of designs for a house in Adam vol.7/120-124, and, like these, may be associated with James Adam. In Adam volume 9 there are several similar plans, see Adam vol.9/40 for the main plan and Adam vol.9/71 for the quadrant, both considerably more advanced in composition.
Level
Drawing
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