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[13] Design for the first scheme of alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/32
Purpose
[13] Design for the first scheme of alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the principal (first) storey of a house, with a central block which is five bays across the principal front, and with a three-bay portico and external stairs, and three bays of tripartite windows across the garden front, and the central block is flanked by three-bay links, and three- by four-bay pavilions, and contains reception, service and domestic rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Second Design / Plan of a House at Mamhead one of the Seats of Lord Viscount Lisburne (all in the hand of William Adam) / Principal Story (in pencil) / Principal Story / Wash house & Laundry Continued / Library / Eating Room / Drawing Room / Hall / Staircase / My Lord Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber for Ladys (...illegible, in feint pencil) / Bed Chamber (ber in pencil) / Dressing Room / Kitchen Continued and with the room names underwritten in pencil, and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1774
Adelphi July 4t. 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (489 x 493)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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