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[2] Design showing a plan for the half-sunk basement for the house, 1773, unexecuted
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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