[2] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed

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  - Whitehaven Castle, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland: designs for alterations to the house for Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet (later 1st Earl of Lonsdale), 1766-c1770 (12)
    - Designs for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/62

Purpose

[2] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a house as Adam volume 33/61, and containing service, domestic and reception rooms, and with a rough pencil annotation on the bottom edge showing a design for a frieze

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Storey / Water Closet / Powdering Room & Wardrobe over / Sir James's Dressing room / Valets Bed room / Anti Room / Lady Mary's Bed Chamber / Lady Mary's Dressing Room / Lady Mary's Wardrobe / Bed Chamber / Kitchen Continued / Lady Mary's Maids room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage / Passage / Drawing Room / Dining Room (in the hand of William Adam) / Anti room / Anti room / Dining Room / Drawing Room (in the hand of William Adam) and some measurements given (verso) No 4

Signed and dated

c1766
datable to c1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (374 x 536)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco

Watermark

JVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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