Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Lowther Hall / 20 feet high, the Seat of Sir James Lowther Bart (the Seat of Sir James Lowther Bart in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / No 6 / Sir James has a fair Copy of this / Poultry Yard / Coals / Privy / Wood / Wood / Wood / Wood / Privy / Coals / Poultry Yard other side are Menageries / Office at the other end exactly / the same / Laundry / Wash House / Scullery / Kitchen / Scullery / Gyle House / Brew house / Passage / Wet Larder / Bake House / Pastry / Passage / Scullery to Dairy / Butlers Room / Butlers Pantry / Butlers Bed Room / Under Butlers Room / Vestibule / Servants Hall / Vestibule / Stewards Dining Room / Coffee Room / Bar / Coffee Maids Room / Passage / Evidence Room / Stewards Room / Strong Room / Stewards Bed Room / Writing Room / Porters Room / Vestibule / Guards / Room / Vestibule / Groom of the Chambers room / Housekeepers Bed Room / Housekeepers Room / Store Room / Dairy / Court / Statue Gallery / Maids room Bed Room / Hot Bath / Bed Room / Water Closet / Laboratory / Laboratory / Laboratory / Water Closet / Bed Room / Cold Bath / Passage / Bed Room / Valets room and measurements given (verso) Ground Story of the Circular Plan
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (1053 x 587)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
D&CBLAUW and XD&CB within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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