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 471
ep the shutter in nn uprightposition. The size of the guide and rail, as we may call the upper andunder stones, is about 6 or 8 inches deep, with a projection of about 4 or 5inches. Some of the windows, as will be seen, have been enlarged. Theseguides are a very peculiar feature ; they occur at one… … rxcie^i Fio. 1036.—Castle Wynd, Houses in. EDINBURGH 455 — FOURTH PERIOD are near the castle, and some of them are directly facing it, so that possiblythe purpose of the shutters was to give a certain security to the housesduring the constant disturbances which took place in this locality. JOHNSTON…
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