. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. =;OUND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Prii. 112.—Little Cuinbrae Castle. Plans and Section. 6 inches, and at Law (see Section, Fig. 113) by 18 inches. Skelmorlie(Fig. 115) is 48 feet 6 inches long by 30 feet wide, and 29 feet high tothe present eaves. These figures show how nearly these castles approxi-mate to each other in size, but it is in the internal arrangements,especially in relation to the kitchen and hall, that their similarity LITTLE CUMBRAE CASTLK, ETC. — 175 THIRD PERIOD is most striking. The k
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. =;OUND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Prii. 112.—Little Cuinbrae Castle. Plans and Section. 6 inches, and at Law (see Section, Fig. 113) by 18 inches. Skelmorlie(Fig. 115) is 48 feet 6 inches long by 30 feet wide, and 29 feet high tothe present eaves. These figures show how nearly these castles approxi-mate to each other in size, but it is in the internal arrangements,especially in relation to the kitchen and hall, that their similarity LITTLE CUMBRAE CASTLK, ETC. — 175 THIRD PERIOD is most striking. The kitchoii and hall of each castle are both situatedon the first floor, and are reached by a wheel-stair from the entrancedoor on the ground floor (see the Plans), part of the end of the hallbeing in every case screened off with a stone partition so as to forni a. GF^OUNU FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Fig. 113.—Law Castle. Plans and Section. kitchen. These kitchens are of very small dimensions, being only about4 feet wide by about 14 feet long. Within the kitchen, and separatedfrom it by an arch, is the fireplace, which at Skelmorlie, Fairlie, andLaw equals the kitchen in size. In the two latter the kitchens haveseparate entrances from the stair, while at Cumbrae the entrance was THIRD PERIOD 176 LITTLE CUMBRAE CASTLE, ETC. through the hall; at Skehnorlie this point cannot be determined owing toalterations. These kitchens, although rude and imperfect according tomodern ideas, show a considerable advance in refinement of manners anddomestic comfort on what is to be found in many of the small castles of iiiiii III t^ BH^HH AA [kitchen^^^ f. y -a) \ m r> M ^J
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