This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): |
| Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes |
| | 27 Portland Place | | | London | England | |
| 1750s | Westminster Abbey, monuments | | | London | England | |
| 1750 | Hopetoun House | Abercorn | | West Lothian | Scotland | Completion |
| 1753 | Cumnock Church | Cumnock | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |
| 1753 | Yester House, St Bothan's Chapel | Yester | | East Lothian | Scotland | Probably designed Gothic facade to truncated church to serve as burial place for 4th Marquess of Tweeddale |
| 1754 | Dumfries House | Cumnock (near) | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |
| 1755 | Culzean Castle | | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Was approached for commission to design a villa - scheme not carried out. |
| 1756 | Newhall House | Gifford | | East Lothian | Scotland | Alterations or additions contemplated - not carried out? |
| 1757 | Craigiehall Bridge | South Queensferry | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1759 | Craigiehall Temple | South Queensferry | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1761 | Bowood House | | | Wiltshire | England | Mausoleum - in memory of the 1st Earl |
| c. 1761 | Duff House | | | Banffshire | Scotland | Fireplace in private dining room |
| 1762 | St Nicholas' Chapel, Monument to Sir Benjamin Keene (d.1757) | King's Lynn | | Norfolk | England | |
| 1763 | Kedleston Church, Monument to Sir Nathaniel Curzon (d. 1758) | | | Derbyshire | England | |
| 1763 | St Michael Penkevil Church, Monument to Admiral Edward Boscawen (d.1761) | | | Cornwall | England | |
| After 1763 | Mersham Church, tablet to Sir William Knatchbull (d.1763) | Mersham | | Kent | England | |
| 1766 | Auchincruive | | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Interiors |
| 1767 | Cullen House and estate buildings | Cullen | | Banffshire | Scotland | Minor works including broad staircase - in conjunction with brother John. Also Ionic entrance gateway design on his own. |
| 1767 | Design for a castellated house, Lowther | | | Westmorland | England | |
| 1767 | Luton Hoo | | | Bedfordshire | England | Left incomplete in 1774. Probably also designed stables. |
| 1767 | The Shire and Town Hall | Hertford | | Hertfordshire | England | Mainly responsible? |
| After 1768 | Castle Upton, mausoleum in memory of Hon. Arthur Upton (d.1768) | | | Co. Antrim | Northern Ireland | |
| After 1769 | Romsey Abbey Church, tablet to Lady Palmerston (d.1769) | | | Hampshire | England | |
| 1770 | Hitchin Priory | | | Hertfordshire | England | Designs drawn up for remodelling old house and for new house on different site - neither was executed. However new south front based on the designs of the Adam brothers. |
| 1771 | House, Mansfield Street and Duchess Street | | | London | England | Rebuilding |
| 1773 | Alnwick Bridge | | | Northumberland | England | |
| 1773 | Caldwell House | Uplawmoor | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1774 | Ardencaple House | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Castellated addition |
| 1774 | The Oaks | Carshalton | | Surrey | England | Temporary garden pavilion for fete-champetre held on 9 June 1774. |
| After 1774 | Worcester Cathedral, monument to Bishop James Johnson (d.1774) | | | Worcester | England | |
| 1775 | Hampton | | | Middlesex | England | Alterations to villa, probably including the remodelling of the portico. |
| 1775 | Kelburn Castle grounds including monument to 3rd Earl of Glasgow (d. 1775) | Kelburn | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Monument to the 3rd Earl |
| 1775 | Milton Abbey Church, table tomb to Lady Milton | | | Dorset | England | |
| 1775 | Moccas Court | | | Hertfordshire | England | Draw up plans for house. Executed not by the Adams but by A Keck. |
| 1775 | The Elms | Epsom | | Surrey | England | Additions and alterations |
| c. 1775 | Combe Bank | Sundridge | | Kent | England | Addition of two wings with domed pavilions. One built at this time, the other later. |
| c. 1775 | Woolton Hall | | | Lancashire | England | 'Greatly enlarged' |
| 1776 | Hendon Place | Hendon | | Middlesex | England | New front |
| 1776 | Knowsley | | | Lancashire | England | Dairy |
| 1776 | Nostell Priory | | | Yorkshire | England | New wings begun but work suspended. Finally completed in 1875. |
| 1776 | Wenvoe Castle | | | Glamorgan | Wales | Castle style house. Plans carried out with some modifications. |
| 1777 | Hulne Park, Brizlee Tower | Alnwick | | Northumberland | England | |
| 1777 | Mamhead | | | Devon | England | Enlarged ('probably') |
| 1777 | Wormleybury | | | Hertfordshire | England | Interior decoration |
| c. 1777 | The Oaks | Carshalton | | Surrey | England | Castellated additions to house - begun but never completed. |
| 1778 | Botanic Gardens, memorial urn to Carl Linnaeus | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1778 | Langside | | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1778 | Old Calton Burying Ground, Monument to David Hume (d.1776) | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1778 | Weald Hall | | | Essex | Scotland | Decoration of dining room |
| 1780 | Byram Hall | | | Yorkshire | England | Decoration of library etc. |
| 1780 | Column in memory of the 3rd Duke of Queensberry (d.1778) | Dumfries | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1780 | Mistley Hall with Swan Fountain and nearby cottages | | | Essex | England | Alterations |
| c. 1780 | Oxenfoord Castle | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Remodelling |
| 1781 | Moccas Court | | | Hertfordshire | England | Ceiling etc of circular drawing room |
| After 1781 | St Michael's Graveyard, monument to Hugh Lawson (d.1781) | Dumfries | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | Probably |
| 1782 | Dalquharran Castle | | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Colvin gives 1789-90 |
| 1782 | Jerviston House | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1782 | Heston Church, monument to Robert Child (d. 1782) | Heston | | Middlesex | England | |
| 1783 | Castle Upton | | | Co. Antrim | Northern Ireland | Alterations |
| 1784 | Brasted Place | | | Kent | England | |
| 1785 | Ashburnham Place | | | Sussex | England | Entrance lodges |
| 1785 | Sunnyside House | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| c. 1785 | Houses on South Bridge and Hunter Square | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Scheme drawn up but not executed. Kay's scheme used instead. |
| 1786 | Marlborough House | Brighton | | Sussex | England | Remodelling |
| 1787 | Glasserton House | | | Wigtownshire | Scotland | |
| 1787 | Kirkdale House | Carsluith | | Kirkcudbrightshire | Scotland | Original house by Robert Adam. Bridge designed by Adam and also probably the octagonal farmstead. |
| 1787 | Milburn | Esher | | Surrey | England | |
| 1788 | Barholm | Creetown (near) | | Kirkcudbrighthsire | Scotland | |
| 1788 | Castle Upton | | | Co. Antrim | Northern Ireland | Further alterations and castellated stables. |
| 1789 | Balmakewan House | | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Drew up design - not executed. |
| 1789 | Buscombe House | Hare Hatch | | Berkshire | England | Probably remodelling |
| 1789 | Newliston | Kirkliston | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1789 | Yester House | Gifford | | East Lothian | Scotland | Remodelling of centre of north front |
| c. 1789 | Wyreside | Garstang (near) | | Lancashire | England | Alterations and additions including portico. |
| 1790s | Monymusk House | | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Provided chimneypiece for grewt hall - swept away 1937 |
| 1790 | Airthrey Castle | Bridge of Allan | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | |
| 1790 | Alva Churchyard, Johnstone Family Mausoleum, Monument to John Johnstone | | | | | |
| 1790 | Archerfield | | | East Lothian | Scotland | Remodelling of interior |
| 1790 | Balavil House | Kingussie | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | |
| 1790 | Champfleurie | Kingscavil, Linlithgow | | | Scotland | Designed plan for house. Bears no relation to present house which is a late 19th century tower-house, L-plan, beef-red sandstone. |
| 1790 | Cluny Castle | Cluny | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Proposals for duplicating 17th century house |
| 1790 | Dunbar Castle | | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1790 | Glencarse House | | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1790 | Seton House | | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1790 | Tulloch Castle | Dingwall | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | Castellated folly called Caisteal Gorach. |
| 1790 | Westerkirk Churchyard, Johnstone family mausoleum for Sir James Johnstone | Westerkirk | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1790 | Fullarton House, piers terminating forecourt walls and stables | | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Castellated stables and farm buildings. Also possibly gatepiers (Close & Rich). |
| c. 1790(?) | Udny House | Teddington | | Middlesex | England | Probably added picture gallery about this date. |
| 1791 | Walkinshaw House | Paisley (near) | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1792 | Dalkeith House | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Bridge over River Esk in grounds (Montagu Bridge) |
| 1792 | Glasgow Infirmary | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Mainly responsible at least at stage of execution. |
| 1792 | Mauldslie Castle | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1792 | St George's Episcopal Church and Manse | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Signed the drawings - may be largely responsible. |
| 1792 | Stobs Castle | Cavers | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | |
| 1793 | Balbardie House | Bathgate | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1793 | Barony Church | | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| 1793 | Tron Kirk | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Rebuilding. Credited with designing this on his own. |
| 1794 | Dalkeith House | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Entrance gates from Dalkeith |
| 1795 | Parish Church | Lasswade | | Midlothian | Scotland | |
| 1796 | The Assembly Rooms | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Mainly responsible for design? |
| 1955 | Craigiehall Grotto | South Queensferry | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
The following books contain references to this : |
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |
| APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | |
| Bolton, A T | 1922 | The Architecture of Robert and James Adam 1758-1794 | | | |
| Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p107 |
| Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |
| Fleming, John | 1962 | Robert Adam and his Circle | | | |
| Fleming, John | 1984 | James Adam in Naples | | Oxford , China and Italy, Writings in Honour of Harold Acton, ed. Chaney & Ritchie | |