Page:The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) - Volume 1.djvu/16

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CONTENTS - Xll CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC PAGE houses Cannons in general use, 1450 Attempts to adapt old castles to use of, and to resist, artillery found unavailing This and influence of Italian villas make revolution in architecture of castles Introduction of Renaissance in fifteenth century Many old features long retained Chateau de Chambord an imitation of a mediaeval castle Many examples in the Loire country Chateau de Montsabert House of Francis i. Details Effects of gunpowder in England Hurstmonceaux Castle Imitation of castellated features Pele towers of the Borders Manor-houses Private dining-rooms and numerous other rooms introduced Decoration of interiors Bow win- dows, fireplaces, etc. Elizabethan style, .... 1-60 FIRST PERIOD 1200-1300. Scottish style similar to that of England and France Few early examples These earthen mounds and mottes The Broch Connection of the latter with Scottish Architecture Influx of Normans No Norman keeps in Scotland but imitations of them at later date Castles built by Alex- ander i. and David i. Prosperity of thirteenth century Many castles erected List of these Scottish thirteenth- century castles described Sites Imitations of castles of the period in France and England Some exceptions, . . 6l Descriptions of the following examples : Castle Roy, .... Inverness-shire, ... 65 Kinclaven Castle, . . . Perthshire, . . . . 67 Lochindorb Castle, . . Elginshire, .... 70 Loch-an-Eilan Castle, . . Inverness-shire, ... 73 Inverlochy Castle, . . Do., . . . . 73 Lochmaben Castle, . . Dumfriesshire, ... 78 Rothesay Castle, . . . Buteshire, .... 80 Dunstaffnage Castle, . . Argyllshire, . . . . 85 Bothwell Castle, . . . Lanarkshire, .... 93 Kildrummie Castle, . . Aberdeenshire, . . .108 Dirleton Castle, . . . Haddingtonshire, . . .114 Yester Castle, . . . Do., . . . .116 Hailes Castle, . . . Do., . . . .122 Caerlaverock Castle, . . Dumfriesshire, . . . 127 Tarbert Castle, . . . Argyllshire, . . . .136