[5] Design for the second 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 31/67

Purpose

[5] Design for the second floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Second floor plan of a house comprising a staircase flanked by bedrooms with a corridor and bedrooms beyond

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the two pair Story / (in a different hand) of Ballaville house the Seat / of James Mcpherson Esq^r / (in a different hand) Bedroom / Bedroom / Bedroom / Bedroom / Bed room with some room dimensions / (verso) 5 / Ballaville house in Badenoch James McPherson Esq^r / 1st Design on A / (in a different hand) This to be placed Eleventh

Signed and dated

1790
Jany 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (477x301)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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