Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 122
nsistently describe himself as the architect, althoughhe eventually became responsible for the completion of this, togetherwith the remainder of the work ultimately executed. The original house at Kedleston was built during the reign ofQueen Anne, by the ancestors of the present Lord Scarsdale.… … Fig. 70.—Section of Kedleston through Saloon andGreat Hall (Vit. Brit.). Scale uniform with the elevations, Figs. 68, 69. on the plan, the building measured 104 ft. 5^ in. in extent, or less thanhalf of that of the present central building alone, omitting the flankingcorridors and projecting wings.…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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