Plan of the principal floor
attributed to Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1765
Materials
Ink and grey wash on paper
Measurements
291 x 492 mm
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109415
Summary
Plan of the principal floor ("Principal Story") with separate flaps for the southern pavilions and a long flap for an alternative scheme for the south front with a breakfast room on the SW side and a book room on the SE side. Rooms are identified in pencil and ink. Scale in feet. A note in pencil by the 1st Baron Scarsdale on the upper flap: "Between the end room & the library should be folding Doors very large on a screen of columns that the view of the very broad part of the River may be taken from the Saloon Door on farther". Previously bound in "Plans and Uprights of Kedleston House" as p. [17] [See CMS inv. no. 109413].
Provenance
Attributed to Robert Adam for Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale. By descent to Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale. Acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to the National Trust in 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
On long flap: Annotation in the hand of the 1st Baron Scarsdale: "Between the end room & the library should be folding Doors very large on a screen of columns that the view of the very broad part of the River may be taken from the Saloon Door on farther".
Makers and roles
attributed to Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), architect