Detail View: Charting The Nation: Schem of Mavisbank Inner Court [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0043843
Shelfmark: 
RHP3864
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
Schem of Mavisbank Inner Court
Creator: 
Anonymous
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Creator: 
Clerk, John, Sir of Penicuik
Creator Role: 
Landowner
Creator: 
Adam, William (b.1689, d.1748)
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Date: 
1720-1727
Description: 
This sketch of the planned inner court at Mavisbank House, Loanhead, would probably be drawn somewhere between 1720 and 1727. There is no date on the sketch, but the building of the house itself was from 1723 to 1727. While it is known that William Adam designed and built the house for the 2nd. Baronet of Penicuik, Sir John Clerk, who lived between 1676 and 1755, there is nothing to indicate that he actually drew this plan. Sir John Clerk himself was a designer and architect, as he is responsible for the new Penicuik House of 1761. There is another part of the plans on image 00002140, showing the planned grounds leading up to the main house. There is also a map of the grounds at Mavisbank House from 1697, on image 00002251.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
39.2 x 19.2cm (1' 3 7/16" x 7 9/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Lasswade
Subject Place: 
Loanhead
Subject Place: 
Mavisbank House
Subject Place: 
Midlothian
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Reference: 
Adams, Ian H., Descriptive List of Plans in the Scottish Record Office, v.4, HMSO Edinburgh, 1988, p.69
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
68769360
Repro Title: 
Schem of Mavisbank Inner Court [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043843c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002139
Repro Capture Date: 
31/01/2001 13:59:00