. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. icThunderton House—a building of possibly an earlier period. Whilethese repairs were in progress three of the original slates were discoveredand my father had them cut specially V shape to distinguish will be noted at the roof ridge on the east side, two of them inthe centre of the top row of slates and one between them in the nextrow. The slates on the north roof—which was a restoration of a morerecent date—have no historical interest. In spite of the provision of iron ties to ensure stability, the most ofthe
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. icThunderton House—a building of possibly an earlier period. Whilethese repairs were in progress three of the original slates were discoveredand my father had them cut specially V shape to distinguish will be noted at the roof ridge on the east side, two of them inthe centre of the top row of slates and one between them in the nextrow. The slates on the north roof—which was a restoration of a morerecent date—have no historical interest. In spite of the provision of iron ties to ensure stability, the most ofthe south wing fell in 1891—a very serious loss, being the prettiestpart of a graceful building. This part was adorned on its south wallby a pair of windows with carved sills and floreated lintels and on itseast wall by the well-cut arms of Bishop Patrick Hepburn, and asingularly beautiful little window with crocketed canopy and projectingsill semi-hexagonal, supported by a vigorously sculptured cherub(Fig. 4). These oriel window stones have been preserved, but un-. lr Lachlan Mackintosh,
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