[2] Design showing a plan for the half-sunk basement for the house, 1773, unexecuted

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  - Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll: unexecuted designs to rebuild the house for Sir James Campbell (formerly Livingstone), 1773 (5)
    - Preliminary design and designs for the house, 1773, unexecuted (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/2

Purpose

[2] Design showing a plan for the half-sunk basement for the house, 1773, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the half-sunk basement storey of a house, with the central five bays projecting, and the end bays recessed and containing tripartite windows, and with an office court with apsidal ends to one side. This storey contains service rooms (verso) variant pencil-drawn plan of recto

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Ground Story of a house for Sir Jas Campbell at Ardinglass (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Hen Coops / Knives / Ashes / Wood / Entry / Bottles / Boots / Larder / Larder / Small Beer / Coals / Area / Kitchen / porters room / Housekeepers Room / Passage / Store room / Butlers pantry / room for plate / Servants Hall / Butlers room / Wine Binns / Wine in Casks / Stewards room and some measurements given

Signed and dated

1773
datable to 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (749 x 498)

Hand

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

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche and IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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