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 514
robably the turrets at Gardyne are just another development of theplayful fancy of the architect, stimulated by the desire for novelty, andno longer restrained by the necessity of designing for serious defensiveoperations. MEGGINCH CASTLE — 499 FOURTH PERIOD MEGGINCH CASTLE, Perthshire. Megginch… … ~^ss tfr- ^^ Fig. 925.—Megginch Castle. View of North Front. underwent some alterations about the beginning of this century, whichvery much impaired its antique character, and, so far as its plan is con-cerned, changed it from a sixteenth to a nineteenth century building. But FOURTH PERIOD 500…
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