The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1158. —Boness, House in. View of Fireplace on First Floor. the O. G. roof is constructed of timber and plaster, and contains thestaircase, the top of which, with its ornamental wooden ceiling, is shownin Fig. 1157. Some of the rooms are finished with wooden panelling,and have mantelpieces of a good style, such as the one shown in Fig. 1158,in which the architrave mouldings are of stone, and the pilasters andcornice of wood. The Frith is now at a considerable disbance from thishouse, but wit
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1158. —Boness, House in. View of Fireplace on First Floor. the O. G. roof is constructed of timber and plaster, and contains thestaircase, the top of which, with its ornamental wooden ceiling, is shownin Fig. 1157. Some of the rooms are finished with wooden panelling,and have mantelpieces of a good style, such as the one shown in Fig. 1158,in which the architrave mouldings are of stone, and the pilasters andcornice of wood. The Frith is now at a considerable disbance from thishouse, but within living memory the tide rose and fell at the back of thecourtyard. V. D • FOURTH PERIOD — 50 SOUTH QUEENSFERRY SOUTH QUEEN^SFERRY, Linlithgowshire. Adjoining the old pier there is a large and lofty house with crow-stepped gables, which is now divided and let to various families. In theearly part of this centuiy it was a hotel, i he fireplace (Fig. 1159) is in. Fio. 1159. -South Queensfevry, House at. Fireplace aiKl Date over Dooiwny. the principal room of this house. It is finely carved in stone, with woodenpanelling over the shelf. The date 1G34 shown on the panel does notoccupy this position, but is over the entrance doorway to the house. PRESTONPANS 51 FOURTH PERIOD PRESTONPANS, Haddingtonshire. An old town, on the margin of the Frith of Forth, about nine miles eastfrom Edinburgh, in the vicinity of which are several important structuresalready described separately.* The trade of this town consisted laigely,
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