The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . n unpublished Sketch made many yearsago by a venerable lady still alive, a daughter of General Graham lateGovernor of Stirling Castle, who says that it was always called Thedoor* ^^^ ^^P^^^*^°» 1^0^ W-^s the box for receiving collections made at the church FOURTH PERIOD HOUSE IX ST. Marys wynd Manse, but that in her recollection it was tenanted by a lish and kippermerchant, who hung his wares all round the building. The manse andthe wall, with the round tower on the left, are copied from the old
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . n unpublished Sketch made many yearsago by a venerable lady still alive, a daughter of General Graham lateGovernor of Stirling Castle, who says that it was always called Thedoor* ^^^ ^^P^^^*^°» 1^0^ W-^s the box for receiving collections made at the church FOURTH PERIOD HOUSE IX ST. Marys wynd Manse, but that in her recollection it was tenanted by a lish and kippermerchant, who hung his wares all round the building. The manse andthe wall, with the round tower on the left, are copied from the old Sketch,which only shows the slightest indication of the east end of the we have drawn more in detail from a Sketch of our own; and whilethe relation of the two buildings to each other is geneially correct, wecannot say that it is absolutely so. HOUSE IN ST. MARYS WYND,* Stirling. This building (Fig. 1122), known by several designations, such as QueenMarys House, none of which were genuine, was removed in 1870. Ithas apparently been a town house erected on the T Plan. The inscrip-. IC U53AC Pii;. 11-22.—Hiiuse in St. Wyud. tions on the dormers are given to an enlarged scale at the bottom of theillustration. We are unable to trace the names represented by the initials,but the dates (1633 and 1697) speak for themselves. This house wasfinished in the interior with considerable care and richness, and Fig. 1123* The Sketch of this house is kindly supplied by Mr. Lyon. STIRLING 23 FOURTH PKIUOD shows two of its fireplaces. They were executed in stone, and are verycharacteristic specimens of the internal decoration of the period.
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