[2] 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)
    - Designs for alterations to a house, 1790, executed to a variant design (10)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/74

Purpose

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

Aspect

Ground plan of a house same as SM Adam 31/65, with some minor differences including room uses and some internal partitions

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of Balaville house – / (in the hand of William Adam) James Macpherson Esq^r / (in another hand) Scullery / Kitchen / Staircase/ Pantry / Larder / Men Servts. / Bed room / Maid Serv^ts / Bed room / Bed room / Mr Macpherson’s / Study / Hall / Butler & / Servants Hall / Housekeepers room / (in pencil) Men Serv^ts / Serv^ts Hall / Door / Kitchen / Scullery / Pantry / Larder / House keepers / room / Maids Bedroom / H^o Keeprs with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

1790
Janry 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (399x258)

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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