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Third design for a house, unexecuted (5)

Rowan notes this scheme as a form of geometrical ‘experiment’ comparable to Adam’s designs for Barnbougle and Great Saxham, and ‘typical of Robert Adam’s imagination when operating freely and at an ideal level’. Both Rowan and King highlight the problematic nature of the design, with its repetitive facades and the internal complications created with rooms set around a central staircase at 45 degree angles. As a result the layout creates inconvenient spaces with an abundance of irregularly shaped cupboards and some rooms designed without windows. Rowan compares the staircase of this scheme to those designed for Findlater Castle and Great Saxham Hall.
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