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 519
CASTLE James, fiist Viscount Stair, was born in 1619. He was a man of talentand distinction ; and besides being a soldier and philosopher, he becamePresident of the Court of Session. He lived till 1695. The style of thehouse would perfectly correspond with a date within the long period ofhis… … Fig. 426.—Stair House. View from Nortli-West. the diagonally opposite or south-east angle. The main body had the usualvaulted ground floor, with the hall and other rooms on the first and secondfloors. To this central block various additions have been made at difierenttimes. One of these extends…
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