. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. is classare rather unusual features, and would render the house open to northern one is probably a late insertion, meant, as at Balvaird(where there are also two outside doors), to be used, as occasion required,for the housing of cattle and horses. The openness to attack would be tosome extent diminished by the existence of a walled barmkin, portions ofwhich still exist, although it cannot be fully traced amid the officesand other buildings of the modern mansion. The arched and mould
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. is classare rather unusual features, and would render the house open to northern one is probably a late insertion, meant, as at Balvaird(where there are also two outside doors), to be used, as occasion required,for the housing of cattle and horses. The openness to attack would be tosome extent diminished by the existence of a walled barmkin, portions ofwhich still exist, although it cannot be fully traced amid the officesand other buildings of the modern mansion. The arched and mouldedentrance gateway (Fig. 190), however, yet remains, but is of a later datethan the castle. On the lintel of the main entrance doorway of the keepis carved the following inscription :— LETIIINGTON CASTLE 257 — THIRD PERIOD QVISNAM E MAETELLANA STIRPE FVNDAMENTA JECERIT, QVIS TVRRIM EXITAVERIT INVIDA CELAVIT ANTIQUITAS. LUMINARIA AUXIT, FACILIOREM ASCENSUM PRAEBUIT. ORNATIONEM REDDIDIT JOANNES MAETELLANUS LAUDERI^. COMES AN AERAE CHE MDCXXVI. Over the other outside door are the Maitland BATTLEMENTS SECOND FLOOR.
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