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 68
complete building had been then erected.When completed the house extended about 344 ft. from east to west. THE WORKS OF THE ELDER ADAM 43 Perhaps the best contemporary description of the house, as it originallystood, was given by Daniel Defoe, in a book published anonymouslyin 1724, and called A… … Fig. 27.—Pavilion, Hopetoun House. with them, that, as soon as he went down into Scotland, he laid outthe Plan and Design of all those noble Walks and Forests of Trees,which he planted here. . . . This noble Palace stands about half a Mile from the Park-gate, to which you go by a paved Coach-way…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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