The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1153.—House in St. Andrews. * Rogers History of St. Andreios. + Vol. i. p. 497. i The king is represented on horseback (Rogers History of St. Andrews) FOURTH PERIOD 46 — ST. ANDREWS pointed roof, and the gable finished with gabled crow-steps, are bothnotable features. The history of this building seems to be lost. Fig. 1154 represents another corner house with a round turret, oppositethe west end of the cathedral, which, instead of finishing with a stonespirelet as the last one does, is cro
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1153.—House in St. Andrews. * Rogers History of St. Andreios. + Vol. i. p. 497. i The king is represented on horseback (Rogers History of St. Andrews) FOURTH PERIOD 46 — ST. ANDREWS pointed roof, and the gable finished with gabled crow-steps, are bothnotable features. The history of this building seems to be lost. Fig. 1154 represents another corner house with a round turret, oppositethe west end of the cathedral, which, instead of finishing with a stonespirelet as the last one does, is crowned with an open balustrade. The. Fig. 1154.—House in St. Andrews, opjinsite Cathedral. external appearance of this house has lost a good deal of its dignity andheight by the raising of the street level at this end some eight or ten feet,and so burying the vaulted basement floor and the old outside stair whichled up to the front door. In the west gable of the house there is builtthe coat of arms shown by Fig. 1155 — a cross engrailed between two FIFKSHIRE — 47 FOURTH PERIOD cross crosslets fitched, in chief a crescent. Behind the shield there iswhat appears to be a pastoral staff. These arms are evidently those ofthe Fifeshire family of Duddingstone ; but their connection with thishouse has not been traced. The titles of this— _as of most of these old houses—appear to be ofa comparatively recent date, so that but littlehistorical information is to be obtained regardingthem. A writer in the Scotsman (16th Sept. 1890),drawing attention to this stone, points out thatthese arms appear to be those of William ofLo
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