. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. quated, sixteenthcentury residence has a much more imposing appearance, but from an artisticpoint of view it gains in picturesqueness when approached from the stands within gardens and shrubberies, the oldest portion of the buildingbeing clothed with ivy, rich purpleclematis, and a wealth of climbingroses. Like most of these Scottishfamily residences which have beenadded to from time to time, Foun-tainhall is very irregular in its struc-ture—a curious compound [of oldand new, which gives
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. quated, sixteenthcentury residence has a much more imposing appearance, but from an artisticpoint of view it gains in picturesqueness when approached from the stands within gardens and shrubberies, the oldest portion of the buildingbeing clothed with ivy, rich purpleclematis, and a wealth of climbingroses. Like most of these Scottishfamily residences which have beenadded to from time to time, Foun-tainhall is very irregular in its struc-ture—a curious compound [of oldand new, which gives it that quaint,old-fashioned look, the original stonewalls being still kept up with plastei -ing and harling without the leastpretension to architectural adorn-ment of any kind. It never was aplace of defence, and consequenththere is no strong tower nor castellated exterior,as in many ofthe Scotchbaronial man-sions. The entrancedoor, which is fully arrayed with genuine knobs and nails, is compara- tivelysmall,and placed below an overhang-ing turret with a circular stone stairwhichleads.
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