Ventures into our past may sometimes seem without place - but with Mavisbank, the early 18th century villa of Baron John Clerk, whose beauty transcends horrific neglect, the crumbling and subsiding stone has impassioned many in love and some in awe. How ÔdisproportionableÕ this may sound, to coin Baron ClerkÕs quaint neologism, for stone, inanimate, cannot broker emotion. That may be, and whilst such feelings may be both misguided and misunderstood, others may still choose to dismiss Mavisbank as no more than an ornament or Ôdolls house.Õ This book reveals that such an outlook misses not just the beauty but the significance of Mavisbank.
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