The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1331.—Whitefield Castle. Plan and Details. slits, contains an arched fireplace, and has a stone basin and drain. Someof these details at Ashintully have been removed. At Whitefield there are two projecting corbels in the wing, as shown inthe View (see Fig. 1329). They are somewhat peculiar, and an enlargedplan and section of them is given (see Fig. 1331). They project 12 inches,and measure 11 inches and 8 inches on the face respectively. On the inner FOURTH PERIOD 224 ASHINTULLY AND WIIITEF
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1331.—Whitefield Castle. Plan and Details. slits, contains an arched fireplace, and has a stone basin and drain. Someof these details at Ashintully have been removed. At Whitefield there are two projecting corbels in the wing, as shown inthe View (see Fig. 1329). They are somewhat peculiar, and an enlargedplan and section of them is given (see Fig. 1331). They project 12 inches,and measure 11 inches and 8 inches on the face respectively. On the inner FOURTH PERIOD 224 ASHINTULLY AND WIIITEFIELD. 5-/. side of the larger there is a sinking for an iron plate measuring 24 incheslong by 3^^ inches by |- inch, and on the centre, within the face of thewall, ther(i is a stanchion hole. Between the corbels the wall recedes in the manner so often seenin garde-robes, and thismay be the remains ofone. The corbels are alsosuggestive of having beenused for a hoarding ; butwe cannot explain themeaning of the iron mouldings of thedoorways and windows atboth places are alike, anda section of the door rybatis given on the WhitefieldPlan (see Fig. 1331), aswell as a sketch of themoulding enclosing thecircular-headed panel overthe doorway, on the apexof which there is a carvedterminal. Ashintully bearsthe date 1583, carved onits door lintel (Fig. 1332),and above, in an enrichedpanel, are carved the im-paled arms of Andro Spald-ing and his wife, and theinitials of the former. Thelady was a member of theWemyss family, as shownby the four lions on theshield. Her initials, whichare very mu
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