The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . COCKBURN HOUSE, Midlothian. This house is situated about two miles south-west from Balerno, and is^ the property of the Governors of George Watsons Hospital. It is. Fig. 1361.—Cockbum House. View from North-East. FOURTH PERIOD 252 — CORSXeN TOVER still in a state of good preservation, and in its outward aspect has under-gone but little change since it was erected upwards of two centuries ago,but the interior has been remodelled. In general plan it resemblesBonhard House, erected earlier (see Yol
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . COCKBURN HOUSE, Midlothian. This house is situated about two miles south-west from Balerno, and is^ the property of the Governors of George Watsons Hospital. It is. Fig. 1361.—Cockbum House. View from North-East. FOURTH PERIOD 252 — CORSXeN TOVER still in a state of good preservation, and in its outward aspect has under-gone but little change since it was erected upwards of two centuries ago,but the interior has been remodelled. In general plan it resemblesBonhard House, erected earlier (see Yol. in. p. 533), and situated abouttwelve miles distant, being on the L Plan, with an octagonal turret stair-case in the re-entering angle, in which is theentrance doorway, as shown in the .View (). The turret is in the north-east angle,which was the favourite position for the doorway,as it gave the rooms on the south side the fullbenefit of the sun. But here, as at Bonhard, anew door and entrance lobby have been openedup in the south front, and the stair has beendiverted in its lower flight to meet the alteredcircumstances. The old entrance doorway isneatly moulded, and has a slight cornice abovethe lintel (Fig. 1362). Each front of the housepre
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