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[11] Alternative design for the ground floor of a house, c.1790, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/69
Purpose
[11] Alternative design for the ground floor of a house, c.1790, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Ground plan of a rectangular house with a portico on one side leading to a garden lobby, and external steps leading to an entrance hall on the other. Rooms include a parlour, servants’ hall, study for Mr Macpherson, dressing rooms, a principal stair and back stair. Flanking the house are links terminating in pavilions, containing a kitchen, scullery, larder, storerooms, courts and water closets
Scale
to a scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the ground Story of a new Design for Ballaville House & Offices / for James Macpherson Esqr. / B / Bed Chamber / Parlor / Dressg room / Garden / Lobby / Dressg room / Mr. Macpherson’s / Study / Back Stair / Principal Stair / Hall / Servants Hall / Closet / Kitchen / Kitchen / Court / Scullery / Scullery / Larder / Larder / Water Closet / Water Closet / Cellar / Storeroom / Storeroom / Court / Housekeeper / Housekeeper / (in pencil) Plan of the Ground Story of a new design for / Ballaville House for James Macpherson Esqr with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- c.1790
datable to c.1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (481x336)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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