. History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, and of their kindred. [With plates, including a portrait and a facsimile, a map and genealogical tables.] . rger size, and 90 feet in height tothe level of its roof platform, above which rises a round turret, surmountedby a vane, the top of which is 115 feet above the ground. The most con-spicuous part of the south front is, with its flanking towers, 100 feet long ;the conservatory, a tower lower and wider than the rest, and part of theoftices, complete the square, which is thus exactly 200 feet in length. Thelength of the north front is the same,
. History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, and of their kindred. [With plates, including a portrait and a facsimile, a map and genealogical tables.] . rger size, and 90 feet in height tothe level of its roof platform, above which rises a round turret, surmountedby a vane, the top of which is 115 feet above the ground. The most con-spicuous part of the south front is, with its flanking towers, 100 feet long ;the conservatory, a tower lower and wider than the rest, and part of theoftices, complete the square, which is thus exactly 200 feet in length. Thelength of the north front is the same, as is also its general arrangement;but between the flanking towers is the principal entrance, protected by acolumned porte-cochere of elaborate design, while, instead of the conserva-tory and third tower, a three-storied wing forms the connecting link withthe lower range of offices. The east front, also of an ornamental character,is considerably inferior in height to the rest of the building; it is mostlydevoted to stables and offices, and forms one side of an open court, whichoccupies the central portion of the great square. The roofs are covered. THE CASTLE OP KINNAIRD. XXXIX with Westmoreland slates of a greenish tone, and along their ridges runiron railings of rich tracery. The four fronts of the house are entirely-built in dressed square ruble-work, and of a pale pink-brown freestonequarried on the estate. Entering from the north, the visitor, after passing through a small outerhall, finds himself in a low gallery about 80 feet in length, fitted with oakand adorned with the spoils of the chase. Towards the end of the gallery heascends by a balustraded staircase to the first floor, and arrives at a corridor95 feet long and 18 high, which, like the gallery beneath, is painted of adulled vermilion, a shade brighter than the well-known Pompeian on this corridor is the principal suite of rooms : the dining-room36 feet by 26, the drawing-rooms 24 and 30 feet by 24,
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