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[27] Design for the second scheme of alterations to the house, 1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/25
Purpose
[27] Design for the second scheme of alterations to the house, 1777
Aspect
Plan of the first storey asAdam volume 32/24, but without the central porch on the principal front, and with the windows balustraded on the south front of the principal block, and containing bedrooms and dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
1 Pair Story (in pencil) / Plan of the Bed Chamber Storey of Mamhead House / one of the Seats of Lord Viscount Lisburne (in the hand of William Adam) / Servants bed room / Servants bed room / Servants Bed room / Servants Bed room / Servants Bed room / Servants Bed room / Nursery / Bed room / Bed room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Lady Lisburne's Dressing room with each room name underwritten in pencil, and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 16/05/1777
Adelphi / May 16t 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (488 x 752)
Hand
Office hand, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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