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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042494
Shelfmark:
RHP270/1
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
Plan of part of The Graing [i.e. Grange], the seat of the Hon. Major Thomas Cockran Esq.
Creator:
Boutcher (Boutchart) William (active 1721-1738)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Cochran, Thomas, Major (active 1733)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1733
Description:
This coloured manuscript was drawn by William Boutcher in 1733. It shows a possible layout and key for elaborate gardens at the Grange, Peebles. It is elaborately drawn, partly in plan, partly as a bird's eye view, however, the perspective is odd. There are practical notes, one suggesting that a plantation should be moss 'where the divot (grass) won't grow'. A secondary note on the plan records that 'no pairt of this plan execute nor would xxx [word scored out] the Brute alter it though often .... to do it'. The Process includes a statement that William Boutcher (or Butcher) was employed to create the plan, an account showing cost of plans, and Major Cochran's oath stating that the plan by Boutcher is not agreeable and therefore useless. A plan drawn by William Adam was used in practice (see images 00001805-6).
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
53.5 x 120cm (1' 9 1/16" x 3' 11 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Lamancha
Subject Place:
Newlands
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Gardens
Reference:
Adams, Ian H., Scottish Record Office: descriptive lists of plans, v.1, Edinburgh: HMSO, 1996, p.127.
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
116048798
Repro Notes:
Top half
Repro Title:
Plan of part of The Graing [i.e. Grange], the seat of the Hon. Major Thomas Cockran Esq. [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042494c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001783
Repro Capture Date:
11/12/2000 09:15:00

Plan of part of The Graing [i.e. Grange], the seat of the Hon. Major Thomas Cockran Esq. [...

Plan of part of The Graing [i.e. Grange], the seat of the Hon. Major Thomas Cockran Esq. [1 of 2]