The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland (1852)
Billings, Robert William, 1813-1874 · London, Published by the author · leaf 300
may be given as a specimen. Having found anarticle on the road, he approaches a man celebrated for his pompous affectation of learning, andhumbly asks an opinion what it may be. The man of learning, displeased with his familiarity,answers sharply,— Why, you idiot, its quite plain—its a horses… … TONY WINTOUN HOUSE. In the midst of a country nearly destitute of scenery, except what is supplied by theplantations by which it is immediately surrounded, Wintoun House rests its claims to noticeentirely on its own merits as a fine architectural structure. The stone of which it has been…
Church architecture · Architecture · Castles
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