The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1552. —Warriston House. Fig. 1551.—Berwick Parish Church. * We are indebted to Mr. W. D. Purves, Berwick, for procuring drawings of tliisdial and another on the bridge of Berwick. SUNDIALS 395 SUNDIALS 4 inches. The church was erected in 1652, and Mr. James Stevenson,jun., architect, Berwick, to whom we are indebted for drawings of thedial, is of opinion that it is of the same date. Warriston House, Edinburgh (Fig. 1552).—This dial is picturesquelyperched on the cornice of a modern cottage
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1552. —Warriston House. Fig. 1551.—Berwick Parish Church. * We are indebted to Mr. W. D. Purves, Berwick, for procuring drawings of tliisdial and another on the bridge of Berwick. SUNDIALS 395 SUNDIALS 4 inches. The church was erected in 1652, and Mr. James Stevenson,jun., architect, Berwick, to whom we are indebted for drawings of thedial, is of opinion that it is of the same date. Warriston House, Edinburgh (Fig. 1552).—This dial is picturesquelyperched on the cornice of a modern cottage adjoining Warriston House, andis probably not older than last century. There is a very good moderndial of this century in front of the house of a Tudor Gothic design. 5. Dials on Market and other Crosses. It is not surprising to find that many of the market crosses erectedduring the seventeenth century have been adorned with dials; the senti-ment peculiar to a dial is well fitted for such a symbolic structure. AtInverkeithing, Airth, Peebles, Doune, Nairn, Leven, Lochgoilhead, Elgin,and o
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