Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . reet, Adelphi, it,nevertheless, was a momentous event and one that happens tosynchronise approximately with an important stage in the lives ofthe brothers. Among the principal works executed during theearly seventies were Sir Watkin Williams Wynns house in StJamess Square; Apsley House, London; Newby in Yorkshire;Lord Derbys house in Grosvenor Square, and the British CoffeeHouse in Cockspur Street. In addition to these undertakings andthe work at the Adelphi, the brothers were simultan
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . reet, Adelphi, it,nevertheless, was a momentous event and one that happens tosynchronise approximately with an important stage in the lives ofthe brothers. Among the principal works executed during theearly seventies were Sir Watkin Williams Wynns house in StJamess Square; Apsley House, London; Newby in Yorkshire;Lord Derbys house in Grosvenor Square, and the British CoffeeHouse in Cockspur Street. In addition to these undertakings andthe work at the Adelphi, the brothers were simultaneously super-intending the erection of houses in Portman Square, MansfieldStreet, Bedford Square, Stratford Place, and, it is said, in ManchesterSquare also. Regarding Manchester Square, Mr Beresford Chancellor,in his book entitled The History of the Squares in London,stated on the authority of the Portman Estate Records, that thebrothers Adam were among the first to obtain ground leases whenthe square was formed about the year 1770. The designs for the 237 233 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM. 12 0 1 Z 3 5 b s 9 1 100 50 0 ] 2 FEETETRES British Coffee Housewere executed in 1770,according to the dateinscribed upon the en-o-ravine in the secondvolume of the designing the facade,ancient precedent seemsto have been a secondaryconsideration, and thearchitect appears to havetried to solve the prob-lem in a rational manner,trusting to his own un-aided resources and seek-ing to satisfy the require-ments as completely asit was possible for himto do (Fig. 175). In thecourse of one of his lec-tures to the students ofthe Royal Academy, SirJohn Soane referred tothe facade, and the illus-tration used upon thatoccasion is now preservedin the Soane 1SS6 the CoffeeHouse, like many otherremnants of old London,was removed and the siteused for the erection ofbusiness premises. In Fig. 175.—The British Coffee House, Cock-spur Street. (Now demolished.) (From the
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