The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 250
writing the above, I have learnt that ahuge mushroom tenement like a cotton manufactory has been raised upby the proprietor in front of this beautiful antique gem, by which thesino-ular merits of so pure a specimen of ancient art are now smotheredup in modern masonry. One of the most striking… … Fk;. tJtjJ.—Cluny Caslk-. Near the top of this tower, on the obtuse angle from which it isbevelled, is attached a sort of small ornamental tribune (II. Fig. ()85) ofsolid masonry all round, which externally appears to be merely a pieceof architectural decoration (Fig. 686) corresponding to the…
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