The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . PLAN OF WATCH TOWtR Pig. 1370.—Darniclc Tower. Plans. main west gable is peculiar in having a rounded surface, the wall beingthinned towards the eaves, so as to gain convenient space in the battle-ment walk. The battlements are paved with flags, and have numerousgargoyles for carrying off the water. The watch-tower is corbelled out ina picturesque manner; it is vaulted, and has a stone roof outside. Itlikewise has a stone floor, carried on a vault over the main stair. Inboth cases spaces are lef
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . PLAN OF WATCH TOWtR Pig. 1370.—Darniclc Tower. Plans. main west gable is peculiar in having a rounded surface, the wall beingthinned towards the eaves, so as to gain convenient space in the battle-ment walk. The battlements are paved with flags, and have numerousgargoyles for carrying off the water. The watch-tower is corbelled out ina picturesque manner; it is vaulted, and has a stone roof outside. Itlikewise has a stone floor, carried on a vault over the main stair. Inboth cases spaces are left above the arching for pigeons. Darnick has always been an inhabited house, and in the constantpossession of the Heltons, an ancient Scottish family. An older pele DARNICK TOWKR 261 — FOURTH PERIOD stood on the side, but was razed to the ground in Hertfords expeditionin 1545. In 1566 a new charter was granted, under the sign-manual ofMary and Darnley, to Andrew de Heyton, and three years later the P^_.
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