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Identifier: baronialecclesia00bill (find matches)
Title: The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Billings, R. W. (Robert William), 1813-1874 Wiston-Glyn, A. W
Subjects: Architecture Church architecture
Publisher: Edinburg T.N. Foulis
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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riesback, nor does it possess peculiar architectural expression, but it is interestingas one of the few existing churches in Scotland which remain under thethe shadow of the baronial residence. To the south of the castle, a somewhat abrupt descent is distinctlymarked by the master-hand of the designer, and the well-considered terracegarden ornamenting the hill-side, as well as its base, adds most undoubtedlyto the general effect. Our representation, however, is confined to thebuilding itself, and delineates its south and eastern fronts. Its prominentfeature (the tower placed in the angle) is remarkable, for here it appearsas an external feature, instead of being placed, as it almost universally is,upon the inner angle of the building. The tower and the adjoining buildingto the left, ornamented by four gabled dormer windows, are the oldestexternal portions of the castle, and date between 1550 and 1600. The partsattached to this block may have been built soon after the year last named ;
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ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND l^ and one of the window-heads of the eastern front, with its starry-fieldedtympanum (represented in the corner of our plate), belongs to the morerecent parts. Two peculiarities mark the design of the tower. First, On the eastside is a bold corbelling, carrying the battlements and their cannon gargoyles,while the south side has the two last named features without the first, andthe wall face remains unbroken. But this infraction of the law of mereuniformity originates in utility ; and we are satisfied with it, because theexternal feature is caused by internal requirement. Briefly, then, thetermination of the turret staircase is the cause of the corbelling, for thedoorway to the summit of the tower is immediately behind the overhangingbattlement. Second, There appears in immediate contiguity the conically-coveredturret (said to be of French or Flemish origin) and the open corbelledbartizan, the invariable foundation of the covered turret. We may herestate that th

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  • bookyear:1909
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Billings__R__W___Robert_William___1813_1874
  • bookauthor:Wiston_Glyn__A__W
  • booksubject:Architecture
  • booksubject:Church_architecture
  • bookpublisher:Edinburg_
  • bookpublisher:_T_N__Foulis
  • bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
  • booksponsor:University_of_Toronto
  • bookleafnumber:70
  • bookcollection:robarts
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