The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ovost andMr. John Grant of Kilgraston had it renovated, and evidently more than PIFESHIRE — 45 FOURTH PERIOD renovated, for huge, uncouth buttresses projecting into the street wereremoved and substituted by buttresses at once elegant and powerful^ * The port, with its low, sturdy drum towers, bears a considerableresemblance to the gatehouse at Linlithgow Palace,! which was erected byJames v. before the middle of the sixteenth century. The St. Andrews struc-ture is probably a work of the followin
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ovost andMr. John Grant of Kilgraston had it renovated, and evidently more than PIFESHIRE — 45 FOURTH PERIOD renovated, for huge, uncouth buttresses projecting into the street wereremoved and substituted by buttresses at once elegant and powerful^ * The port, with its low, sturdy drum towers, bears a considerableresemblance to the gatehouse at Linlithgow Palace,! which was erected byJames v. before the middle of the sixteenth century. The St. Andrews struc-ture is probably a work of the following century, but the date of its erectiondoes not appear to be accurately known. Access to the top is now closed,the doorway in one of the towers, as seen in the Sketch, being built up. The panel over the archway, which is modern, is in honour of David i.,the sovereign who first granted municipal privileges to the burgh.| HOUSES IN ST. ANDREWS, Fifeshire. A fine example of a portion of an old house stands close to the Churchof St. Salvator (Fig. 1153). The round angle turret, with its octagonal. Fig. 1153.—House in St. Andrews. * Rogers History of St. Andreios. + Vol. i. p. 497. i The king is represented on horseback (Rogers History of St. Andrews) FOURTH PERIOD 46 — ST. ANDREWS pointed roof, and the gable finished with gabled crow-steps, are bothnotable features. The history of this building seems to be lost. Fig. 1154 represents another corner house with a round turret, oppositethe west end of the cathedral, which, instead of finishing with a stonespirelet as the last one does, is crowned with an open balustrade. The
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