Identifier: baronialecclesia08bill (find matches)
Title: The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Billings, Robert William, 1813-1874
Subjects: Architecture Church architecture
Publisher: Edinburgh, London, Pub. for the author by W. Blackwood and sons
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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l design. J Auchans is about four miles fromTroon, and stands in the parish of Dundonald. It has upon its walls the date of erection, 1644;but its materials were in use long before that period, having been removed from the old castle ofDundonald, whose shapeless rains, in the immediate vicinity, still attest a once extensive andinteresting fortress,—the more interesting as belonging to a class of which Coxton, near Elgin,is now the somewhat diminutive type; for the fire-proof castle we now speak of as in ruinsmust have been six times the extent of the more northerly and complete fortification. R. W. B. * The city gateway of York, and the castles of Hytton and Luiuley, in the county of Durham, are well known examples.+ A similar arrangement exists in the inner courtyard of Glasgow University. J Even when the old architects made actual mistakes they were not ashamed, but left them distinctly visible. Theyknew the power of general effect too well to care much about minor faults. « y #
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