Robert Mylne (Edinburgh 1733-1881 London)
Robert Mylne (Edinburgh 1733-1881 London)

Designs for Wormleybury Manor, Hertfordshire (5, 1 illustrated; and Designs for a country house for Major Hamilton, near Glasgow (7)

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Robert Mylne (Edinburgh 1733-1881 London)
Designs for Wormleybury Manor, Hertfordshire (5, 1 illustrated; and Designs for a country house for Major Hamilton, near Glasgow (7)
The first (illustrated) inscribed 'Plan of principal Floor' (lower centre) and 'For Wormleybury, Harts [sic]' (lower left), three annotated with scale and one with estimated building costs; one inscribed 'Major Hamilton's, near Glasgow', and others annotated variously
pencil, pen and ink, on paper
12½ x 18¾ in. (31.7 x 37.6 cm.) (12)

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Mylne extensively remodelled and extended Wormleybury for Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet in 1767-1770. The principal rooms were decorated by Robert Adam, 1777-79. Mylne's relationship with the family continued into the next generation, he worked for Hume's son in London in 1777.

We are grateful to Stephen Astley, Helen Dorey and Susan Palmer and the rest of the team at the Sir John Soane's Museum, London for all their assistance with the group of 18th and 19th century architectural drawings and designs.

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