The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . on of the steeple, which ismuch older, was rebuilt in 1774. A dial in asimilar position occupies the south-west cornerof a house in Bathgate (Fig. 1499). It isdated 1704, but the house is pi-obably older. Silvermills, Edinburgh.—On the south-westcorner of a quaint old house in the lane behindSt. Stephens Church an angle dial projects ona rounded corbel (Fig. 1500). The dial hnishesabove with an ogee moulding reaching up nearlyto the ornamental skew-stone. A similar skew-stone on the opposite sid
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . on of the steeple, which ismuch older, was rebuilt in 1774. A dial in asimilar position occupies the south-west cornerof a house in Bathgate (Fig. 1499). It isdated 1704, but the house is pi-obably older. Silvermills, Edinburgh.—On the south-westcorner of a quaint old house in the lane behindSt. Stephens Church an angle dial projects ona rounded corbel (Fig. 1500). The dial hnishesabove with an ogee moulding reaching up nearlyto the ornamental skew-stone. A similar skew-stone on the opposite side of the building bearsthe date 1714. Glencorse Church, Midlothian (see p. 166).— On the south-west corner of this abandonedchurch there is a very simple dial of this date on the Woodhouselee aisle of thechurch is 1699. Pencaitland Church (see p. 168).—Thereare five dials on this church. Three are placedon the three faces of the south-west buttress,one on the east gable, and one at the top ofthe tower. Fig. 1500. -Silvermills. 3. Dials with Two or More Faces Projected on Heriots Hospital (see Vol. iv. p. 138).—Perhaps the finest specimensof attached dials in Scotland are to be seen on this building. There areeleven of them, eight being on the outside walls and three facing thecourtyard. They are all of the same general form. Figs. 1501, 1502,1503, and 1504 represent those of the courtyard. Those on the outerfronts are similar to the above, and they all differ from each other chieflyin their supporting brackets. One has this feature rounded, as shown by-Fig. 1504. Others have brackets, consisting of cupids heads with wings,similar to Figs. 1501 and 1503, and to the dials at Peftermill. Others havedemons heads, with wings similarly disposed; and one on the east side(Fig. 1505) rests on what appears to be intended for an elephants head. These dials seem to have been made by William Aytoun, who succeededWilliam Wallace as architect and superintendent of t
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