Clackmannan and Kinross . is now in such a ruinouscondition that we can only say that it appears to havebeen built on the Z plan. The ground floor and aportion of the side walls of the first floor remain, butthe chief feature of interest in the castle is the superiorfinish of the interior stonework. Tullibole Castle, one mile east of the Crook of Devon,is an old baronial mansion of the seventeenth in that quieter time there was less need for defensivearrangements, the embattled roof characteristic of theearlier castles has almost disappeared and the interioraccommodation is much bet
Clackmannan and Kinross . is now in such a ruinouscondition that we can only say that it appears to havebeen built on the Z plan. The ground floor and aportion of the side walls of the first floor remain, butthe chief feature of interest in the castle is the superiorfinish of the interior stonework. Tullibole Castle, one mile east of the Crook of Devon,is an old baronial mansion of the seventeenth in that quieter time there was less need for defensivearrangements, the embattled roof characteristic of theearlier castles has almost disappeared and the interioraccommodation is much better, notably in the provisionof staircases. The only part of the roof adapted for ARCHITECTURE 129 defence is a small battlement, supported on bold corbelsand overhanging the doorway of the square tower at thesouth-east corner. Above this doorway is a large panelbearing the date, 1608, the initials of John Haliday andhis wife Helen Oliphaiit, their arms and a couple ofmottoes. Standing on a liill overlooking the Pow Burn,. Tullibole Castle about a mile or so to the south of Tullibole Castle, isthe older castle of Aldie. Erected probably before 1500,the keep has the usual defensive features. The buildingadded on the south side is later. Of the many fine mansions in the shire it is possiblehere to mention only two. Kinross House was built by D. c. 9 130 KINROSS-SHIRE the celebrated architect Sir William Bruce in is an imposing building and was so greatly admiredthat it became the model for many later erections through-out the country. Sir Robert Sibbald, in whose lifetimethe house was built, writes of it as a stately for situation, contrivance, prospects, avenues,courts, gardens, gravel-walks and terraces, and all hortu-lane ornaments, parks and planting, is surpassed by fewin this country. William Adam, a pupil of Sir WilliamBruce, built for himself the mansion of Blairadam in thesouth of the county. Apart from its architectural features,Blairadam House
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