Floors Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Country house built in the 1720s by architect William Adam for John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, embellished with turrets and battlements by William Playfair for James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke, around 1837. Colour woodblock by Benjamin Fawcett in the Baxter process of an illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon from Reverend Francis Orpen Morris’s Picturesque Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, London, 1880.

---

Size: 6541px × 4488px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1st, 6th, adam, alexander, architect, architecture, aristocracy, battlements, baxter, benjamin, britain, castle, colour, country, duke, fawcett, fleurs, floors, francis, gardens, great, home, house, illustration, innes-ker, ireland, james, john, ker, london, lydon, mackenzie, manor, mansion, morris, nobility, noblemen, orpen, park, picturesque, pile, playfair, privilege, process, reverend, roxburghe, roxburghshire, scotland, seats, stately, turrets, victorian, views, william, woodblock, woodcut