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

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - 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 33/66

Purpose

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

Aspect

Axial section through the north end of a house as in Adam volumes 33/59-65, with a four-storey central block, flanked by three-storey wings, each with pitched roofs, and with a central stairwell on the ground and first storeys

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Sir James Lowthers house at Whitehaven (in the hand of William Adam) / Section through the House. taken on the Line A.B on the plan

Signed and dated

c1766
datable to c1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (525 x 307)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco, addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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