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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/22

Purpose

[4] Design for the second scheme for the building, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a seven- by three-bay building, a central three-bay portico of engaged columns on the principal front, and without windows on the rear front, and containing courts

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the County Court, Town Hall &c for Appleby in Westmoreland (underwritten in pencil) / Town Hall & County Court / County Court / Judges Seat / Table / Seats for Council / Seats for Council / Seats / for / Gentlemen / For Crown / Prisoners & Witnesses / Seats / for / the Jury / Officers / Water Closet / Grand Jury Room and some measurements and rough calculations given, and room names and measurements underwritten in pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    datable to 1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (445 x 286)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 1971, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 53
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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