The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fio. 1201.—Baiift. Town House of the Bairds of over Archwaj and Dormers. As a county town Banff formerly possessed the town residences ofmany of the gentry of the neighbourhood; but few of these now Fio. House in Uiiiu-r Strcel. HOUSES IN ELGIN 85 FOURTH PERIOD The House of Airlie, the residence of the Earl of Fife, has been supersededby a splendid classic structure of last century; and the Towers, thepalace of Lord Banff, was demolished by General Munro in
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fio. 1201.—Baiift. Town House of the Bairds of over Archwaj and Dormers. As a county town Banff formerly possessed the town residences ofmany of the gentry of the neighbourhood; but few of these now Fio. House in Uiiiu-r Strcel. HOUSES IN ELGIN 85 FOURTH PERIOD The House of Airlie, the residence of the Earl of Fife, has been supersededby a splendid classic structure of last century; and the Towers, thepalace of Lord Banff, was demolished by General Munro in 1640. An old mansion known as the town house of the Bairds, Lairds ofAuchmedden (Fig. 1200), however, still remains, though somewhat stands at the angle of the main upper street and a narrow steep lanecalled the Straight Path. This house may have belonged to the Bairdsof Auchmedden, but it was evidently not built by them. The quaintdormers (Fig. 1201) contain the initials and arms of a branch of theOgilvies, and the panel over the archway to the courtyard (see Fig. 1200)contains the same arms. The courtyard still retains its old form, but theinterior of the mansion is now altered into business premises. Another rather remarkable house (Fig. 1202) stands in the same street,a little further south. Its his
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