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[7] Design showing a plan of the ground storey, 1772-73, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/20
Purpose
[7] Design showing a plan of the ground storey, 1772-73, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the principal (ground) storey of a house as Adam volume 37/19, but with U-shaped wings shown to either side, with stables in the left-hand court, and a kitchen in the right-hand court
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of Fleurs Castle for his Grace The Duke of Roxburgh (for his Grace The Duke of Roxburgh in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Coach House / Stables for hack Horses / Stable / Stable / Passage / Stable / Stable / Passage / Stable for Saddle Horses / Coach House / Court / Court / Gardeners Room / Green House / Water Closet / Lobby / Water Closet / Passage / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Closet / Drawing Room / Hall / Passage / Water Closet / Lobby / Water Closet / Passage / Skittle Room / Passage / Scullery / Kitchen / Scullery / Bake House / Brew House / Gyle House / Court / Slaughter House / Staircase and some measurements given in pen and pencil (verso) 4 / 4 / 4 (in pencil) / [cropped]leurs Castle / [cropped] Design / Duke of Roxburgh (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1772
Adelphi / 24th October 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (1024 x 604)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonom, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
D&CBLAUW IV and XD&CB within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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