[10] Design showing a plan of the third storey, 1772-73, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Floors Castle, Kelso, Scottish Borders: unexecuted designs for the house and a gateway and cottage for the 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, 1772-77 (23)
    - Designs for a castle-style house (2nd scheme), 1772-73, unexecuted (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/23

Purpose

[10] Design showing a plan of the third storey, 1772-73, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the garret (third) storey of a house as Adam volumes 37/21-22, but showing rooms in the corner towers, and the central portion of the block, and this is flanked by portions of hipped roof

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Middle & Corner Towers raised above the Roof (verso) 7 / 4 (in pencil) / Number 4 (in red pen) / Duke of Roxburgh Fleurs Castle / 2d Design

Signed and dated

1772-73
datable to 1772-73

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (309 x 248)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

D&CBLAUW IV and D&CB[cropped] 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.

Level

Drawing

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