The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1232.—Saiiquh<ar Tolbooth. View from North-West. roof and angle pinnacles, and the ornamental corbel table supporting theparapet, presents a refined edition of the more military-looking towers ofTain and Forres. The outside flight of steps and the pillar or crosson the landing are good examples of what was at one time a common MAYBOLE TOLBOOTH — 115 FOURTH PERIOD arrangement. The windows on the first floor, with heavy roll mould-ings, are evidently those of the municipal chambers, while
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1232.—Saiiquh<ar Tolbooth. View from North-West. roof and angle pinnacles, and the ornamental corbel table supporting theparapet, presents a refined edition of the more military-looking towers ofTain and Forres. The outside flight of steps and the pillar or crosson the landing are good examples of what was at one time a common MAYBOLE TOLBOOTH — 115 FOURTH PERIOD arrangement. The windows on the first floor, with heavy roll mould-ings, are evidently those of the municipal chambers, while the door on thef^round floor, with the panel over it containing a coat of arms, seems tohave led to the vaults below. MAYBOLE TOLBOOTH, Ayrshire. A description of the quaint and little-altered town of Maybole hasalready been given in a previous volume,* where, from Abercrummies. Fio. 1233.—Maybole Tolbooth. View from Xortli-East.* Vol. III. p. 498. FOURTH PERIOD — 116 — KINGHORN TOLBOOTH account, it appears that the tolbooth (Fig. 1233) was formerly the townhouse of the Laird of Blairquhan, He states that it is adorned with apyramide and a row of ballesters round it, raised upon the top of thestaircase, into which they have mounted a fyne clock. Little now remains of the old mansion of the Lairds of Blairquhan, butthe tower erected on the top of the staircase, with its pyramid, is stillpreserved, and serves the purpose of the town belfry. When Billingsmade his sketch, about forty years ago, the old structure was in muchbetter px-eservation. The pointed and traceried windows of the top story are peculiar features,and are probably an indication of the Gothic revival which took place inthe seventeenth century. The row of ballesters has now been replacedby a parapet. The balusters would no doubt be similar to those used inmany of the castles, as well as in
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