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[2] Design for a new house, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 40/63
Purpose
[2] Design for a new house, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the first storey of a house as Adam volume 40/62, with the rooflines of the links shown, and with tripartite windows in the end bays of the principal and garden fronts of the central block, and in its left-hand side front bow, and the central block contains reception and domestic rooms, and a chapel
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Parlor Story of Winnstay House for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (all in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Laundry maids Bed Room / Laundry & Wash House Continued / Brew house Continued / Men Servants Bed Room / Med Servts Bed Room / Dairy maids Room / Lumber Room / Confectioners Bed Room / Cooks Bed Room / Kitchen maids Bed Room / Kitchen Continued / Footmens Bed Room / Footmens Bed Room / Footmens Bed Room / Footmens Bed Room / Footmens Bed Room / 1s Drawing room / Cabinet / 2d Drawing room / Lobby / Library / Great Stairs / Dining room / Anti room / Hall / Saloon & music room / Organ / Chaple / Back Stair / Anti room / Eating Parlour / Water Closet / Powdering room / Powdering room / Gentlemens Dressing room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Lady's Dressing room / Grooms room / Hay loft / Grooms room / Grainery / Grooms room / Hay lost / Grooms room / Srvants Room / Hay loft / Servants Room / Coachmans Room / Grainery / Coachmans room / Under Grooms Room / Hay loft / Passage / Under Grooms Room and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1770
datable to 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (987 x 520)
Hand
Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 32
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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