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[13] Design for stables, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/78
Purpose
[13] Design for stables, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground and first storey plans, and an elevation of the principal front of a one-and-a-half-storey, five-bay stable building. With a central arched entrance, flanked by a single windows, behind which are stables and stairs to a hay loft above under the pitched roof space, and this is flanked by projecting end bays containing carriage arches, with Diocletian windows in their upper portion, and surmounted by pediments, and with coach houses on the ground storey, and bedrooms above
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Second Story of Stable Offices for Genl Scott Edinburgh (for Genl Scott Edinburgh in the hand of William Adam) / Coachman's Room / Hay Loft / Groom's Room / Front of Stable Offices / Plan of the Ground Story of Stable Offices / Coach House / Stables / Coach House and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1776
Adelphi August 19t. 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (379 x 504)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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