[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design

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  - Balavil House (formerly Balaville), Highlands: designs for additions to a house for James Macpherson, 1790, executed to a variant design (14)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/65

Purpose

[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Ground plan of a house with an entrance portico on one side and rooms flanking a central staircase and hall. Rooms include bedrooms, a servants’ hall, staircase, kitchen, scullery, study for Macpherson and a housekeeper’s room. The different colour washes denote the existing (pink) and proposed (black) fabric

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of Balaville House / (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of / James McPherson Esq^r / (in another hand) A / (in pencil) Men Servants / Bedroom / Servants Hall / Staircase / Kitchen / Scullery / (in pen) Pantry / Larder / Bedroom / Mr M^c.phersons / Study / Hall / (in pencil) House Keepers room / Maids Bedroom / (in pen) Maids room / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Window / The old shades red, but in / Plans delivered to Mr. M.pherson / The old is shaded dark & the / new Red. / This is the right Copy with some room dimensions / (verso) 3

Signed and dated

12/1/1790
Albemarle Street / 12. Jan^y. 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink coloured wash on laid paper (473x274)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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