L'architecture domestique et de l'Écosse, du xiie au xviiie siècle . eet au-dessus du sol, et est étroit, les montants ayant un moule cavetto- Quatrième période 352 TERRINGZEAN ing château autour d'eux. L'accès à l'dooi a été biens meubles, comme deux corbelsprojected du mur pour soutenir le platt, dont l'un demeure.L'actuel vieux windows sont peu nombreuses et petites ; d'autres, avec cheminées,serait effacé en faisant la grande fenestration, &c. Dans la partie ouest, il est inséré au-dessus du sommet de la grand panneau asquare pierre avec l'Eglinton arms cut sur elle (s

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The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . eet above the ground, and is narrow, the jambs having a cavetto mould- FOURTH PERIOD 352 TERRINGZEAN CASTLE ing round them. The access to the dooi has been movable, as two corbelsprojected from the wall to support the platt, one of which still remains.The existing old windows are few and small; others, along with fireplaces, would be obliterated in making the large openings, &c. In the west side there, is inserted above the apex of the large panel asquare stone with the Eglinton arms cut on it (see Fig. 1457). Throughsome mistake it is placed upside down. The corbelling under the parapethas a continuous moulded course at top and bottom, and two rows ofdetached corbels between. This structure evidently dates from the six-teenth century, and resembles several of the castles in North Ayrshire, illustrated in Vol. ill. TERRINGZEAN CASTLE, Ayrshire. This ruin is situated within the grounds of Dumfries House. Itstands on the summit of a high steep bank which skirts the haughs that , /*?^%#. /1 Fio. 1458.—Terringzean Castle. Plan. WHITSLADE TOWER 353 FOURTH PERIOD lie along the river Lugar. The portion tinted black on Plan (Fig. 1458)represents an ancient castle, of which the tower rises in a very brokencondition to a height of 20 or 30 feet. It is built of large square stonesin cour.-^es, with a double-splayed base. The tower is irregular in shape, and is a small structure, having a square apartment inside measuring about12 feet square. It has been vaulted, and the vault has had three ribs.On the ground floor the tower enters from the courtyard by a narrowpassage through the wall, and from this passage a wheel-stair has led upto the upper floors and to the top of the walls. The hatched portions ofthe Plan show later walls, which are now little more than foundations.They appear to have been cleared out, as shown on Plan, by lines along-side the walls, so as to show their full

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