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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 159

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gh facing from thegeneral surface of the walls, and inserting ashlar work instead of it.All the ornamental stonework, however, of the doors, windows, &c.,with their carvings and mouldings and the turrets, are original. The FOURTH PERIOD — 142 — GEORGE HERIOTS HOSPITAL colour of the old stone is… … Fid. 720.—George Heriots Hospital. View from North-East the same time, or perhaps a little earlier, a well-head or covering of orna-mental caived stonework, which was erected about 1649 in the centre ofthe courtyard, was taken down. We do not suppose that any drawing ofthis has been preserved,…

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