The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1597.—Mid-Calder House. Back View. 131 inches. The whole height as it nowstands is 35| inches, but it was doubtlesshigher in its original state. Fig. 1597shows a side and back view of the dial. ^^< FtG. House. Front View. SUNDIALS 428 SUNDIALS Pitreavie, Fifeshire (see Vol. ii. p. 537).—This dial (Fig. 1598)stood on a terrace which ran along the south front of the old houseof Pitreavie. A flight of stone steps led up to the dial, which had awide octagonal paved space aro
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1597.—Mid-Calder House. Back View. 131 inches. The whole height as it nowstands is 35| inches, but it was doubtlesshigher in its original state. Fig. 1597shows a side and back view of the dial. ^^< FtG. House. Front View. SUNDIALS 428 SUNDIALS Pitreavie, Fifeshire (see Vol. ii. p. 537).—This dial (Fig. 1598)stood on a terrace which ran along the south front of the old houseof Pitreavie. A flight of stone steps led up to the dial, which had awide octagonal paved space around it. This, with the stair and terrace,gave a finished and dignified air to the dial. It stands on a square. ARMS ON DIAL Pig. 159S. -Pitreavie. pedestal, instead of the usual shaft, with carved escutcheons on eachface containing the initials of Sir Henry Wardlaw, the family arms, aheart-shaped figure, and the date 1644. This dial is not quite so elaborateas others of the type, but it contains all the permanent features, and isfitted gracefully to the pedestal with a bold, flowing moulding. Thepedestal is 10| inches square, and measures from floor to top of cornice SUNDIALS — 429 — SUNDIALS 4 feet 5^ inches, and the whole height is 6 feet 1^ inches.* A copy ofthis dial was put up in the gardens of Fordel about thirty years ago. Dimdas Castle, Linlithgowshire (see Vol. I. p. 328).—This combinedfountain and dial (Fig. 1599) well illustrates the magnificent ideas whichprevailed during the seven-teenth century with regardto the monumental accessoriesconsidered desirable for theadornment of pleasure groundsand gardens, and we learnfrom the inscriptions on thefountain that many moreobjects o
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