The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fic. 1333.—Ashintully Castle. Doorway and Bartizan over. The north-west end of the castle (Fig. 1334) remains comparatively un-changed. It is extremely simple, having crow-steps on the gables, andsmall windows. Two years after its erection—viz., in 1585—Ashintully was besieged V, P FOURTH PERIOD 226 ASHINTULLY AND WHITEPIELD by a lawless band of about thirty country gentlemen, who took AndroSpalding prisoner and maltreated him.* In 1677 Andro Spalding gota charter under the Great Seal, by which
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fic. 1333.—Ashintully Castle. Doorway and Bartizan over. The north-west end of the castle (Fig. 1334) remains comparatively un-changed. It is extremely simple, having crow-steps on the gables, andsmall windows. Two years after its erection—viz., in 1585—Ashintully was besieged V, P FOURTH PERIOD 226 ASHINTULLY AND WHITEPIELD by a lawless band of about thirty country gentlemen, who took AndroSpalding prisoner and maltreated him.* In 1677 Andro Spalding gota charter under the Great Seal, by which the lands were erected into thebarony and free forest of Ashintully and Kirktown, with the privilege oftwo yearly fairs and one weekly market, Ashintully being declared the burghof said barony, The barony consisted of the third part of Strathardle,with fortalices, manor place, (fee. Ashintully remained in the possessionof the Spaldings till 1750, when it was acquired by the Rutherfords, now. Fig. 1334.— Ashintully Castle. View from South-East. represented by Mrs. Rutherford Lindsay. The lands of Moot-Cloich,called Whitefield, with the glen of Correyraik, seem to have been feuedoff to a cadet of the Spalding family at an early date. The carved dateat Whitefield Castle is almost effaced, but it is of the same century asAshintully. The castle was roofed and entire until the beginning ofthis century, when the slates were taken off and the walls broken downfor materials to build a shepherds house. * Fitcairns Criminal Trials, quoted in Historic Scenes in Perthshire, by WilliamMarshall, , p. 208. AUCHENBOWIE 227 FOURTH PERIOD AUCHENBOWIE, Stirlingshire. A large and well-preserved example of a seventeenth century mansion-house. The part shown in the View (Fig. 1335) represents a house of the
Size: 1506px × 1660px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectarchitectur, booksubjectarchitecture
