Colonel St Paul is unknown, but in 1779 he commissioned the Adam brothers to make these castle-style designs for a house and octagonal kitchen offices. The intended location for the designs is not known, and they are not thought to have been executed.

Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index pp. 57, 83; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume II, pp. 165, 246

Frances Sands, 2015