[9] Design for the rear elevation 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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SM Adam volume 31/72

Purpose

[9] Design for the rear elevation of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with two-storey, single-bay balustraded ends. The house has a hipped roof with chimney stacks and has a central entrance with a fanlight set within a recessed arch. The bays are articulated by giant columns with volute capitals, supporting a moulded entablature with a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and pilasters on the attic floor

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design for altering the South front of Balaville House in Badinoch / for James Macpherson Esq^r. with some dimensions in pencil / (verso) 1

Signed and dated

1790
datable to 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (470x267)

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.

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Drawing

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