Excerpt from The Architecture of Robert and James Adam (1758-1794), Vol. 2 Lord Shelburne had been, it appears, for some time in search of a suitable site for a town house. A letter addressed to him by fox (quoted in the chapter on Bowood) and dated June 29, 1761, recommends this particular spot. Shelburne, however, was anticipated by Bute 2 who began, carried on, and provided for the completion of the house in accordance with Adam s designs. A sheet of plans given here shows something of the actual development of the scheme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.