The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. Cliurcli. View from North-West. The turret stair to the upper chambers has originally been carried ashio-h as the doorway over the pier, shown on the Sections (Fig. 1256) soas to give access to the stair leading to the battlements, but it is now brokenoff about 6 feet below the landing at the chamber floor. The internadiameter of the turret narrows above this, evidently for the purpose oTpporting the stone roof now ruined. The south chamber is provided71 a lireVe - the so
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. Cliurcli. View from North-West. The turret stair to the upper chambers has originally been carried ashio-h as the doorway over the pier, shown on the Sections (Fig. 1256) soas to give access to the stair leading to the battlements, but it is now brokenoff about 6 feet below the landing at the chamber floor. The internadiameter of the turret narrows above this, evidently for the purpose oTpporting the stone roof now ruined. The south chamber is provided71 a lireVe - the south gable. The walls of this room are not bondedinto the tower, and the raglets of a lower roof than the P--^ -e ^^formed against the tower wall, while above these raglets a B-all> ^- ^^Psplayed and pointed window looks from the tower side (see Fig. U56) FOURTH PERIOD TORPHICHEN CHUKCII. Fig. Church. View of Inteiior from the S TOEPHICIIEN CHURCH — 137 — FOURTH PERIOD into the room, thus showing that this chamber is an afterthought. Thetower or central chamber has been divided into two floors, the joist holesbeing still visible, and there being two heights of windows. There havebeenfireplaces perhaps in both floors, but being all built up it is not
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