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 278
he bent rafters sometimes spring fromthe ground and curve upwards to the ridge, like the inverted ribs of a ship,the above will seem a very likely explanation. The ties of the roof wouldform the ceiling of the first floor, and there was doubtless a loft in theroof above. Mr. Miller further points… … THIRD PERIOD — 256 — LETHINGTON CASTLE The whole of the structure is a somewhat rough one ; the masonry iscoarse and the setting out irregular. Two or three of the upper stonesof the jambs of the door are overlapped and projected inwards, so as todiminish the space of the lintel. CASTLES OF THE L…
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