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[9] Design showing a plan of the second scheme for the house, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/96
Purpose
[9] Design showing a plan of the second scheme for the house, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the house and domestic offices, showing a twelve- by three-bay rectangular principal block, with three-bay canted bows in the end bays on the north and south fronts, and with the central two bays on the north front slightly recessed, and with a three-bay bow in the left-hand side elevation, and with a rectangular range attached to the right-hand side front of the principal block, beyond a rectangular projection or loggia, and beyond this is a V-shaped range, containing rooms and stables, and enclosed into a triangle by a boundary wall, with a central conservatory built against the external side, and beyond this range is a large rectangular court containing various rooms, stables, and a formal garden(?)
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the House & Offices at Shaw park. the Seat of the Right Honorable Lord Cathcart (the Seat of the Honorable Lord Cathcart in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Powder room / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Gentlemans Dressing room / Servant / Powder room / Bed Chamber / Ladys Dressing room (verso) 5 / Lord Cathcart / Shaw Park
Signed and dated
- 24/02/1776
Adelphi Febry 24t. 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (922 x 449)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, with addition to the title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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