The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . to the passage running along behind the refectory and on tothe so-called chapter-house. Thus the old Place or mansion-house ofPaisley consisted of three buildings on the west, south, and east sides ofthe cloister. St. Mirins Chapel was converted into a burial vault, andthe dormitory over it was connected with the Place. Mr. Semple says that in 1675 extensive additions were made to andin front of the old palace of the Abbots of Paisley by the fourth Earl ofDundonald. These consisted of the buildi
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . to the passage running along behind the refectory and on tothe so-called chapter-house. Thus the old Place or mansion-house ofPaisley consisted of three buildings on the west, south, and east sides ofthe cloister. St. Mirins Chapel was converted into a burial vault, andthe dormitory over it was connected with the Place. Mr. Semple says that in 1675 extensive additions were made to andin front of the old palace of the Abbots of Paisley by the fourth Earl ofDundonald. These consisted of the building marked C, and the passagejust referred to. These erections (see Eigs. 1113 and 1114) were evi-dently in the late Scottish style, having crow-stepped gables and dormersand comparatively large windows. The building called the chapter-houseis probably somewhat older than the last date, and has the character of aseventeenth century house of the L Plan. PORT-GLASGOW. This house (Fig. 1115) is situated at the east end of Port-Glasgow,beside the old castle of Newark. It is now divided into workmens. Fin. 111). —P(), House Scniples Mirin Siipplfmenf-i STIRLING 15 — FOURTH PERIOD dwellings, and, like the old castle, it has entirely fallen from its highestate, and its surroundings have become extremely uninviting. Thehouse is very plain, but its few features, such as the projecting staircaseand dormer windows, are very characteristic of an old Scottish bears the date 1577 on one of the dormers on the opposite side ofthe building, and was thus erected twenty-two years before the greaterpart of Newark Castle. STIRLING. HOUSES IN BROAD STREET. As might be expected in this town, so long a favourite residence ofthe Scottish kings, some examples of our old domestic architecture still survive. The Sketch (Fig. 1116) represents two favourable examples of thestreet architecture of the seventeenth century. The building on the leftwith its twin gables is the
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