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  • image SM Adam volume 32/55

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/55

Purpose

[2] Design for an unknown terraced house, 1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the basement storey of a five-bay terraced house, with a wedge-shaped rear, with a central entrance, and with a U-shaped staircase, and containing service rooms, including a large kitchen to the rear

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plans of House for Lord Ducie (in the hand of William Adam) / Stewards Room / Passage / Housekeepers Room / Wine Cellar / Stairs / Servants Hall / Pantry / Larder / Kitchen / Scullery / Court / Privy and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    [cropped] Adam Archt 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (287 x 508)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
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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