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Folder contains: diaries covering period of Benside House construction.

Folder contains:

• UNNUMBERED DRAWINGS CONT'D: unidentified sketch details
• planning application submission [as IMC/1]
• planning application submission (as IMC/4)
• poster titled 'Case Study: A Self-Built 'Green' House in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland' with notes, plan, and photos mounted on copy of drawing IMC/1 [part one of two, likely related to 1994 BRE Conference]
• econd part of poster, with plan, section, and perspectives mounted on copy of drawing IMC/4 [part two of two, likely related to 1994 BRE Conference]
• copy of Benside's 'Sale' notice
• (D282/4) ground floor plan of Old People's Home and Cottage Hospital, Castlebay, Barra by Thomson, Taylor, Craig & Donald Architects, with sketch roof/chimney details on reverse [the latter possibly relating to Benside]: 1:100.

Folder contains:

• NUMBERED DRAWINGS: (IMC/1) plan and elevations, with annotations: 1:50
• (IMC/1) plan and elevations, with sketch roof section: 1:50
• (IMC/1) plan and elevations, with annotations and sketch alterations to original drawings, and with calculations on reverse: 1:50
• (IMC/4) detail section C-C, showing new extension and existing cottage: 1:20
• (IMC/4) detail section C-C, showing new extension and existing cottage, with sketch alterations and calculations on reverse: 1:20
• (IMC/5) wall and roof details: 1:5
• (IMC/5) wall and roof details, with sketch alterations: 1:5
• (IMC/5) wall and roof details, with Colin Porteous' notes
• UNNUMBERED DRAWINGS: existing site plan
• proposed site plan.

Folder contains:

• UNNUMBERED DRAWINGS CONT'D: 'House at 1 Benside' dimensions, in plan
• part plans
• ection of existing cottage and extension, with details, sketch details, and calculations
• part plans and sections showing blockwork at open-fire end and Rayburn end
• west-end gable elevation, and details of B-frame and link-frame: 1:50
• elevation of A-frame and F-frame
• window cill flashing details: fs
• fireplace details in plan and section: 1:10
• holding-down bolt details in plan and elevation
• unidentified sketch details.

External and internal shots, with unidentified persons, of Benside House project, Stornoway, from envelope titled '1. Colin Porteous 7" x 5" prints, No. 19, 14, 15, 16, 17, 12'.

External and internal shots, with unidentified persons, of Benside House project, Stornoway, from envelope titled '2. Colin Porteous 7" x 5" prints, Nos. 2, 10A/11, 11A/12, 18A/19, 22 & 23' - also includes images of surroundings.

Folder contains:

• texts, with preparatory notes, and background and technical information, for conference paper titled 'Case Study: A Self-Built 'Green' House in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland', presented at CIB Conference, Watford (1994)
• correspondence relating to Green Croft House's entry on Robert Gordon University's Ecological Design and Construction Database (with questionnaire)
• Benside House's 'For Sale' notice and 'brochure'
• and trade literature for Rayburn cookers.

Folder contains: correspondence relating to CIB Conference, Watford (1994), including confirmation letters and abstract submission forms.

Images related to Benside House project, Stornoway, including internal, external, and work-in-progress shots.

Folder contains:

• general correspondence (including bills, invoices, letters relating to provision of goods and services, etc)
• personal correspondence between Porteous and Inge Sorenson and Michael Leybourne, concerning process of build from earliest inception
• trade literature, and correspondence relating to the same
• drawings and sketches
• and financial paperwork (bank statements, etc), originally separate from other correspondence.

Folder contains:

• texts for conference papers related to Benside House project, including 'Thermal Performance of a Large Room in an Energy Efficient Hebridean House with Emphasis on Assessing Relationship of High and Low Thermal Capacity Linings to Heating Strategy and Internal Comfort Conditions', presented at ERIC Conference, Inverness (1983)
• 'Case Study: A Self-Built 'Green' House in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland', presented at CIB Conference, Watford (1994)
• and general notes, correspondence, and ephemera related to the latter (including drawings and sketches).

External and internal shots, with unidentified persons, of Benside House project, Stornoway, from envelope titled 'Some Benside progress shots, B&W, '78'c.

External and internal shots, with unidentified persons, of Benside House project, Stornoway, from envelope titled 'Benside progress, '78'.