[5] Design for a additions and alterations to an older house, c1775, unexecuted

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  - Isaac Wilkinson: unexecuted house and unexecuted additions to a house on the Great North Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire, c1775 (10)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/55

Purpose

[5] Design for a additions and alterations to an older house, c1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the principal (ground) storey of a house, with three-bay bows at each end of the principal and garden fronts, with three bays in-between in the principal front, with a central door behind a single-bay portico, and with four bays in-between on the garden front, and with a large apse on one side, screened by a single-bay balustrade, and containing a three-bay bowed portico, and this is flanked by two blind bays to each side, and on the other side of the house is a two-bay kitchen wing, and a service wing beyond, and this storey contains reception and service rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of Isaack (Isaack in pencil) Wilkinson Esqr his House shewing the proposed / additions and alterations / Brew house / Larder / Passage / Scullery / Coals / Wood / Kitchen / Drawing room / Clerks Room / Study / Evidence Room / Passage / Record / Strong / Room / Clients Room / Great Stair / Hall / Dining Room and some measurements given (verso) 3

Signed and dated

c1775
datable to c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (362 x 509)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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