Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 66
building had been then erected.When completed the house extended about 344 ft. from east to west. THE WORKS OF THE KLDKR ADAM 43 Perhaps the best contem])orary description of the house, as it originallystood, was given hy l).mi(l I )cro(.-, in a book published anonymouslyin 1724, and called A Four… … Fi; i;. —Pavilion, Hopetoun Holse. with thcMi. that, as soon as he went down into Scotland, he laid outthe Ilan and Design of all those noble \\ alks and Forests of Trees,which he planterl here. . . . This noble Palace stands about h.ilt a Mile from the Park-gate, to which you go by a paved…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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