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[11] Finished drawings for a castle-style house (3rd scheme), 1773, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/74
Purpose
[11] Finished drawings for a castle-style house (3rd scheme), 1773, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a half-sunk basement of a rectangular house. With five bays on the principal front, and the central three bays projecting; and with the foundations of a central tapering external staircase. With seven bays on the garden front, and the central five bays projecting. With three bays on the sides, and the central bay projecting and containing a tripartite window. Containing service rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story / of a house for Mr Baron Mure at Caldwell in Scotland (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Larder / Porters Room / Passage / Kitchen / Butlers Pantry / Butlers Bed Room / Back Stairs / Scullery / Wine Binns / Servants Hall / Wine Cellar / Small Beer Cellar / Passage / Valets Room / Man Servants Bed Room / Maids Bed Room / Housekeepers Room / Housekeepers Pantry and measurements given (verso) 5
Signed and dated
- 08/05/1773
Adelphi May 8t. 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (644 x 476)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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