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 381
Besides classic scrolls, it contains the thistle, rose, and portcullis apper-tainino- to the Royal arms after the accession of James vi. to the throneof England. It may, however, be mentioned (as stated by Nisbet) that the portcullis has been a device used by our kings since King James i.of that… … Fig. 814.—Stobhall. Confessional. The laundry forms a separate building, and, as seen from the court-yard, with the group of the chapel and turreted house (Fig. 808) hasa most quaint appearance, with its low side walls only 3 or 4 feet inheight, and its lofty roof seeming to rise almost from the…
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