The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fio. 1205.—Elgin. Angle Window in Elchies House. FOURTH PERIOD — 88 HOUSES IN ELGIN 1850), this town was referred to as presenting interesting architecturalsubjects at every corner. Besides the grand mass of the cathedral andthe clustered castellated remains of its close, every street and turningpresents some curious quaint architectural peculiarity, from the gracefulGothic arches of the Maison Dieu to the old grey burghers house, stickingits narrow crow-stepped gable, and all its fantastic, irr
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fio. 1205.—Elgin. Angle Window in Elchies House. FOURTH PERIOD — 88 HOUSES IN ELGIN 1850), this town was referred to as presenting interesting architecturalsubjects at every corner. Besides the grand mass of the cathedral andthe clustered castellated remains of its close, every street and turningpresents some curious quaint architectural peculiarity, from the gracefulGothic arches of the Maison Dieu to the old grey burghers house, stickingits narrow crow-stepped gable, and all its fantastic, irregular, blinkinglittle windows, into the centre of the street. Of one of these picturesquestructures, with its staircase tower, arcaded footway, and fanciful dormers,Mr. Billings gives an admirable illustration. But in the forty years since. Fig. liiUii. -Elgin. Ueiuiiaiil of Arcade in High Street. elapsed many changes have occurred, and amongst others this arcaded andtypical example has been swept away. The angle staircase tower adjoiningwas, we believe, only saved by the patriotic efforts of a pul)lic-spiritedcitizen. But it now stands almost alone as a memorial of the past in themidst of the more attractive and expansive plate-glass of the new shopfronts. Fig. 1203 represents this structure as drawn by Mr. Rhind in hisSketches of Moray. A panel beais the date 1634, and arms, supposed tobe those of Leslie. Fig. 1204 is another example of a fine street house of the town, alsonow destroyed. This was Elchies House, which belonged in succession to HOUSES IN ELGIN _ 89 FOURTH PERIOD the Cummings of Pitullie, the Kings of NewniiU, and the Grants of exhibits the peculiar features of many of the old mansions of Elgin nowremoved in its arcaded ground floor and fantastic dormers. One of thelatter recalls a sindlar desi
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