Page:The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) - Volume 1.djvu/133

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KILDHUMMIE CASTLE 113 FIRST PERIOD when Nigel Bruce, the King's brother, fell into Edward's hands. Some of the buildings, no doubt, date from that period, when it was probably restored by the English ; and when the square-headed trefoil, above referred to as characteristic of English domestic work, was introduced. Amongst other strange changes of fortune, Kildrummie was bestowed by James in. on his favourite, Robert Cochrane, the architect, who was hanged at Lauder Bridge. Fie. 88.. Kildruininie. View of Interior of Chapel. The following three examples, viz., Dirleton Castle, Yester Castle, and Hailes Castle, all in East Lothian, contain considerable remains of thirteenth-century work.