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[26] Design for the second scheme of alterations to the house, 1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/24
Purpose
[26] Design for the second scheme of alterations to the house, 1777
Aspect
Ground plan of a house with a principal nine-bay range, with a single-bay central porch, and with three further ranges around a courtyard, with the central five bays on the garden front slightly recessed, and with two three-bay bows on one side, and containing reception, domestic and service rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of Mamhead / one of the Seats of Lord Viscount Lisburne (in the hand of William Adam) / Laundry / Bake House / Passage / Larder / Larder / Scullery / Kitchen / House keepers room / Servants Hall / Door (in pencil) / Stewards room / Butlers pantry / Water Closet / Cellar / Room for papers (in pencil) / Parlor / Butlers room / Passage / Hall / Passage / Great Stairs / Drawing room / Eating room / Pillars enclosed to make the (in pencil) / Windows regular within (in pencil) / Side board (in pencil) / Library / Water Closet / Door (in pencil) / Room for papers / Scullery to Dairy / Dairy / Wash house / North (in pencil) / South (in pencil) with each room name underwritten in pencil, and measurements given (verso) 4
Signed and dated
- 16/05/1777
Adelphi / May 16t 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (488 x 722)
Hand
Adam office hand, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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