The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . an, a daughter of the first Earl of Dalhousie. There areother good examples of plaster-work throughout the house, all in a goodstate of preservation. James, Earl of Buchan, succeeded about 1628, and died in 1664. Thelands of Aucliterhouse came into the possession of his ancestors, by mar-riage, about 1466, in^/ the person of James Vm^. Stewart, uterine-brother of King James ii., andwho was afterwardscreated Earl of Buchan. *In 1469 he took the titleof Lord property continuedwit
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . an, a daughter of the first Earl of Dalhousie. There areother good examples of plaster-work throughout the house, all in a goodstate of preservation. James, Earl of Buchan, succeeded about 1628, and died in 1664. Thelands of Aucliterhouse came into the possession of his ancestors, by mar-riage, about 1466, in^/ the person of James Vm^. Stewart, uterine-brother of King James ii., andwho was afterwardscreated Earl of Buchan. *In 1469 he took the titleof Lord property continuedwith the Earls ofBuchan till the seven-teenth century. It is not improbablethat the exterior ofAuchterhouse, after theseventeenth century ad-ditions were made, was on a scale equal to the lichness of the interior,as various carved stones lying about the grounds, which were evidentlydecorations of the house, seem to imply. Fig. 1341 shows one of these,being the tympanum of an attic window. From the presence of a largeround hole in the centre, it is probable that it contained some piece Fio. 18il.—Auoliteihouse. Gablet of Attic Window. BANKEND OR ISLE CASTLE,! Dumfriesshire. A structure situated about two miles north from Caerlaverock, and*close to the Lochar Water, which may be said to surround it on threesides. The remaining or south-west side is protected by a ditch, whichstill contains water. The site is on the skirts of the Lochar Moss. The building is in a state of complete ruin, a considerable part of thesouth-west wall having fallen, but the corners as yet remain nearly of theiroriginal height (Fig. 1342). The interior is choked with debris almost ashigh as the first floor. The castle measures about 29 feet 2 inches by22 feet, with a staircase tower projecting from the north-west front about * Memorials of Angus and Mearns, p. 341. t We are indebted for the plan of Bankend to Mr. William H. Ross, architect,Glasgow, and to Mr. Barbour, jun., architect, Dumfrie
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