SALON
Robert Adam's House, Salon
At the core of Robert Adam’s house, which he designed in 1989, is a large salon or hall. It is a 6-metre cube, with a coved ceiling and a large Venetian window facing south into the garden. On the back wall there is an elm balcony supported on large carved classical brackets and a central wrought-iron anthemion baluster panel. There is a large fireplace supported on brackets with lion’s claw feet and a giallo de Siena frieze. The design combines conceptually an early renaissance salon, with a medieval hall and a covered courtyard and is both a main circulation route and an entertainment space.