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[8] Design for a castellated house, 1794
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/75
Purpose
[8] Design for a castellated house, 1794
Aspect
Plan of the basement storey of a cross-shaped nine-bay house, with the central five bays projecting on each front, with square corner turrets at the corners of each side, and circular corner turrets on the projecting portion of the principal front, and a three-bay canted bow at the centre of the garden front
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Basement Storey of a house for Mr Stevenson [of a house for Mr Stevenson in the hand of William Adam] / Door for fetching Casks / Stair / Closet / Wine cellar / Hs Keepers Storeroom / Bed / Closet / Servants Hall / Press Bed / Plate / Butlers Pantry / Ale & Cider cellar / Passage / Hs (sic) Keepers Room / Pantry / Kitchen / Door / Pantry / Closet / Dairy / Beer Cellar / Stair / Larder / Covered Way and some dimensions given (verso) No 3
Signed and dated
- 1794
Albermarle Street / 26 July 1794
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (463 x 295)
Hand
James Adam
Watermark
cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 166
For a full list of literature references.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 166
For a full list of literature references.
Level
Drawing
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