[11] Design for a five-block house, 1767, 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)
    - Lowther Hall
      - Preliminary design and designs for a five-block house, 1767, unexecuted (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/58

Purpose

[11] Design for a five-block house, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the bedchamber (second) storey of a house as Adam volume 33/57, and containing bedrooms and dressing rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Attic or Bed Chamber Story of Lowther Hall / 12.0 ft 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. 8 / Sir James has a fair Copy / Bed Chamber / Servants Bed Room / Servants Room / Servts Room / Servants Room / Men Servants Room / Servants Room / Bed Room / Servants Room / Servts Room / Servts Room / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Dressing Room / Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Servants Bed Room / Powdering room / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / 2d Anti Room / Anti Room / 2d Anti Room / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Dressing Room / Powdering Room / Bed Room and measurements given (verso) Bedchamber Story of the Circular Plan

Signed and dated

1767
Novr. 26t. 1767.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (965 x 588)

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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