The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . firstfloor, and was also entered direct from the outside by a door above theone at the ground level. The hall has a window looking out to the gateof the courtyard, two in the south-east wall, and a small cupboard in thesouth-west wall. In this wall was the fireplace, which, though not fine or FOURTH PERIOD 270 EDMONSTON CASTLE large, had good jambs. One of tliese fell in the winter of 1889-90 fromthe effects of the weather. The stair continues to the upper floor, which also contains only oneroom
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . firstfloor, and was also entered direct from the outside by a door above theone at the ground level. The hall has a window looking out to the gateof the courtyard, two in the south-east wall, and a small cupboard in thesouth-west wall. In this wall was the fireplace, which, though not fine or FOURTH PERIOD 270 EDMONSTON CASTLE large, had good jambs. One of tliese fell in the winter of 1889-90 fromthe effects of the weather. The stair continues to the upper floor, which also contains only oneroom. This room has a large press in the south-west wall, two windowsabove those in the hall, and the fireplace, good though not ornamental,and a window in the south-east wall. What is now left of the towerso covered with ivy that one cannot see the corbels or top of the walls(Fig. 1380). The tower has formed part of a courtyard, the gateway and piece ofwall of which still stand at the south-east end. A second house was builtin the courtyard, but when it was pulled down in 1815, on the erection of.
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