[1] Designs for the village, 1766, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Lowther Hall and village, Penrith, Cumberland: designs for a model village, and unexecuted designs for rebuilding Lowther Hall, a dairy, banqueting house, gateway and stables for Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet, 1766-71 and 1785 (41)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/68

Purpose

[1] Designs for the village, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a village in a shaped Greek-cross formation, arranged around a large courtyard, and composed of cottages with stairs into the roof spaces, stables, brew houses, a school, and a smith's shop, and with larger cottages beside the school, and either side of the principal gateway

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Village for Sir James Lowther (for Sir James Lowther in the hand of William Adam) / Yard / Smiths Shop / Gateway / Kitchen / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Bed Place / Bed Place / Cottage / Yard / Barn / Cow house / Stable / Scullery / Carts / Kitchen / Study / Parlour / Carts / Dairy / Wash house / Brew house / Bake house / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Carts / Brew house / Stable / Cow house / Straw / Parlor / Lobby / Kitchen / Yard / Yard / Kitchen / Back kitchen / Lobby / Study / Parlour / Brew house / Stable / Straw / Cow house / Carts / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Wash house / Yard / Kitchen / Scullery / Study / Parlour / School / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Bed place / Bed place / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / Cottage / Yard / A / B / C / D and some measurements given (verso) No 2

Signed and dated

1766
Robt Adam Archt 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (514 x 477)

Hand

Adam office hand, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Brunskill, 1967, pp. 60-61
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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