Crichton Castle (14)
We are now on the 1st floor level of Francis Stewart's 16th century north wing. The windows on the right look out over the courtyard and the quoin stones of the north-west angle of the keep can be seen running up the wall in the centre of the photo.
As I said under the previous photo, the ground floor of this wing is actually 15th century (and 14th century barmkin) and was obviously considered to be too narrow for the grand private dining and reception rooms envisaged by Francis Stewart on his return from Italy. On the right, the 15th century work ended where the railing are, so the portico not only provided protection from the harsh Scottish sunshine, but it supported a new south wall, 2 yards further out into the courtyard. The floor must have been of timber over the resulting gap. This wall of course is the ornate one, with the diamond-panelled façade, the idea for which Francis Stewart got from the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara.
Crichton Castle (14)
We are now on the 1st floor level of Francis Stewart's 16th century north wing. The windows on the right look out over the courtyard and the quoin stones of the north-west angle of the keep can be seen running up the wall in the centre of the photo.
As I said under the previous photo, the ground floor of this wing is actually 15th century (and 14th century barmkin) and was obviously considered to be too narrow for the grand private dining and reception rooms envisaged by Francis Stewart on his return from Italy. On the right, the 15th century work ended where the railing are, so the portico not only provided protection from the harsh Scottish sunshine, but it supported a new south wall, 2 yards further out into the courtyard. The floor must have been of timber over the resulting gap. This wall of course is the ornate one, with the diamond-panelled façade, the idea for which Francis Stewart got from the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara.