The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . dotted lines on the north side. The corbelled supports of this stair turret,with other corbelling adjoining, are visible on the inside near the ceilingof the first floor. These are all of rather an unusual kind, and bearevidence that the house was one of some architectural pretensions. Somecorbels on the Ground Plan are shown on the north wall of the are a few feet above the present level of the ground, and theirmeaning is not very apparent, unless there was a fosse here, and theyforme
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . dotted lines on the north side. The corbelled supports of this stair turret,with other corbelling adjoining, are visible on the inside near the ceilingof the first floor. These are all of rather an unusual kind, and bearevidence that the house was one of some architectural pretensions. Somecorbels on the Ground Plan are shown on the north wall of the are a few feet above the present level of the ground, and theirmeaning is not very apparent, unless there was a fosse here, and theyformed the supports of a hoarding. The porch entrance, with itsstair, has been superseded by the entrance hall, shown on Plan. Thisentrance hall and the drawing-room are finished with some of the finest CHTERHOUSE 231 FOURTH PERIOD jlaster-work remaining in Scotland. A general view of the drawing-roomceilino- is given in Vol. iv. p. 376, and Fig. 1340 shows an enlarged. Fig. 1339. —Auchterhouse. View from South-East. view of part of the decoration over the drawing-room fireplace, with theinitials and arms of James, seventh Earl of Buchan, and of his countess,
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