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  • image SM Adam volume 32/31

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/31

Purpose

[12] Design for the first scheme of alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan of a house, with a three-bay central block, with a projecting cellar on the principal front, under external stairs, and containing service and domestic rooms, and the central block is flanked by three-bay links, and three- by four-bay pavilions

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Second Design / Plan of a House at Mamhead one of the Seats of Lord Viscount Lisburne (all in the hand of William Adam) / EN (in pencil) / Ground Story / Door (in pencil) / Wash house and Laundry / Wine in Casks / Passage / Passage / Still Room / Store Room / Coal Vault / Coal (in pencil) / Housekeepers Room / Passage / Stewards Room / Passage / Lobby / Servants Hall / Staircase / Wine in Bottles / Wine in Bottles / Small Beer / Small Beer (in pencil) / Butlers Pantry / Butlers Bed Room / Passage / Larder / Pantry / Passage / Scullery / Coal Vault / Coals (in pencil) / Kitchen / SW (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    Adelphi July 4t. 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (584 x 481)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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