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Adam, Robert, (1728-1792), architect

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Surname: Adam
Forenames: Robert
Gender: Male
Date: 1728-1792
Biography: ODNB link for Adam, Robert (1728-1792), architect
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P162563 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P129 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for Robert Adam Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Robert Adam
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers rel to the brothers Adam
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS1454
NRA 9954 Adam
2
1754-1807: letters to Innes & Clerk rel to business affairs of brothers Adam
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
CLC/B/227/MS03070
3
family corresp
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD18/4738-968
NRA 29182
4
1754-58: papers rel to Monymusk House
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD345/984, 1164
NRA 10160
5
1763-66: designs for Kimbolton Castle
Huntingdonshire Archives
DDM
NRA 902 Montagu
6
1763-79: accounts, day books etc rel to Audley End
Essex Record Office
D/DBy/A23-63, 241-59, 365; F179
NRA 6803 Neville
7
1765-71: designs, drawings etc rel to work at Lowther and Whitehaven Castle
Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
D LONS/L
NRA 17777 Lowther
8
1766: unexecuted plan of Lowther Village
Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
WD/CAT
See Annual Return 1998
9
1766-67: copies of plans for Appleby Gaol and Shire Hall
Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
See Accessions to Repositories 1966
10
1767-76: drawings etc rel to work at Nostell Priory
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 10409 Winn
11
1780-90: accounts for work for Sir JH Delaval
Northumberland Archives
1DE
NRA 10635 Delaval
12
1785-89: papers rel to Edinburgh South Bridge
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1987
13
drawings of Culzean Castle
Historic Environment Scotland
NRAS952
NRA 18265
14
plans and drawings rel to Kedleston House
Kedleston Hall
NRA 1167 Curzon
15
1761-72: letters and accounts to Sir Edward Knatchbull
Kent History and Library Centre
U951 A18
NRA 1301 Knatchbull
16
1789-91: letters from John Paterson, his clerk of works
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.19992-19993
NRA 26518
17
papers rel to Cullen House, etc
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD248
NRA 32594 Ogilvie-Grant
18
1761: drawings for Hatch House, Kent
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
2667
NRA 42033 Arundell of Wardour

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [2a]
19
c1757-89: accounts and papers rel to Croome Court
Croome Estate Trust
NRA 3843 Coventry
20
1764-69: accounts and vouchers rel to work at Scone (with James Adam)
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS776
NRA 10988 Murray

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [72a]
21
misc Mellerstain plans (with William Adam)
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS104
NRA 10114 Hamilton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [6b]