. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fio. Castle. View from Korth-East. Wide and lighted on three sides by four deeply-recessed and widew ndows. The room in the wing enters both from the hall and fromthe staircase, and contained a recess, through winch now passes theeomniunicati;n with the modern house. In -ming ^h^Jjectionwhat seems to have been a large fireplace has been cut through. This, CASTLR 259 THIRD PERIOD together with the great thickness of the east gable, seems to indicate thatthis apartmen
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fio. Castle. View from Korth-East. Wide and lighted on three sides by four deeply-recessed and widew ndows. The room in the wing enters both from the hall and fromthe staircase, and contained a recess, through winch now passes theeomniunicati;n with the modern house. In -ming ^h^Jjectionwhat seems to have been a large fireplace has been cut through. This, CASTLR 259 THIRD PERIOD together with the great thickness of the east gable, seems to indicate thatthis apartment was formerly the kitchen of the castle. Crossing from theprincipal staircase landing to the south-west corner of the hall, anotherinner staircase is seen, leading to the upper floors and to the the second floor a narrow wheel-stair in the north wall of the wingleads to the bedrooms in the attic floor, but it seems pretty clear that thisstair is a late insertion, as the parapet walk above it has been raised. Fig. 191.—Lethington Castle. Room on Second Floor. in order to give head-room beneath for the stair-landing in the passageto the attics. Fig. 191 shows the ceiling and fireplace of a small roomon the second floor to the south. The ceiling, unfortunately, is ina ruinous state ; it contains the initials I M S, frequently repeated,for John, second Lord Maitland and Earl of Lauderdale, and his wife,Isabel Seton, a daughter of the Earl of Dunfermline. He was createdearl in 1640, while, as will be seen from the Sketch, the date on the
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