The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . e; also the narrow open archedspace beside it, which probably led to the stair behind. These pecu-liarities were doubtless the result of alterations. These Plans were measured by the late Alexander Munro, architect, * Vol. I. p. 508. FOURTH PERIOD 4 — PARTICK CASTLE and by him were presented to Mr. Baird. From the date (1847) on thepaper on which they are drawn they were evidently made subsequentlyto that year.* PARTICK CASTLE. This structure, of which nothing now remains, was in its ruined stat
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . e; also the narrow open archedspace beside it, which probably led to the stair behind. These pecu-liarities were doubtless the result of alterations. These Plans were measured by the late Alexander Munro, architect, * Vol. I. p. 508. FOURTH PERIOD 4 — PARTICK CASTLE and by him were presented to Mr. Baird. From the date (1847) on thepaper on which they are drawn they were evidently made subsequentlyto that year.* PARTICK CASTLE. This structure, of which nothing now remains, was in its ruined stateknown as the Bishops Castle. The Bishops of Glasgow possessed a manorat Partick, and the renown of their name seems to have outlived and sup-planted that of George Hutcheson (one of the founders of HutchesonsHospital in Glasgow), by whom, says Mr. MacGeorge,t this house wasbuilt as a residence for himself, and the contract for building it, dated in1611, is still extant. Subjoined is a copy from Old Glasgow of this inter-esting document, which throws a very considerable light on the method of. Fig. 1108.—Partick Castle. View {after Nattes). proceeding adopted in building a mansion-house early in the seventeenthcentury. Mr. MacGeorge gives a view of the castle as it existed in 1828,when it appears to have been in much the same condition as when sketchedby Nattes (Fig. 1108).| The castle stood till recently on the right bankof the Kelvin, not far from the junction of that river with the Clyde, andHamilton of Wishaw called it a well-built and convenient house. § * For further information regarding these houses and for illustrations, see GlasgoioAncient and Modern, Vol. i. pp. 262 and 296. t Old Glasgow, p. 113. X This View of Partick Castle, which has never been published, was drawn byJ. C. Nattes in August 1799, and we are indebted for permission to reproduce it toMr. David Douglas, publisher. § Sheriffdom of Lanark (Spalding Club), p. 89. GLASGOW 5 — FOURTH PEUIOD The Co
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