Perth and KinrossPerth and Kinross, at the geographical heart of Scotland, contains a wide diversity of buildings including the remains of a Roman line of forts and watch towers, carved stones erected by the warrior aristocracy of the sixth to ninth centuries, the inventive medieval Dunkeld Cathedral, and the island fortress of Lochleven Castle. Blair Castle's mid-eighteenth-century stucco work is unequalled in Scotland. A multitude of smaller country houses embrace a variety of styles, while Georgian and Victorian churches, many with superb stained glass, abound. Towns and villages range from Dunkeld, the epitome of a small Scottish burgh, to the Royal burgh of Perth. This is the tenth volume in the Buildings of Scotland series.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE ROMANS IN PERTH AND KINROSS | 16 |
PICTISH PERTH AND KINROSS | 22 |
MEDIEVAL CHURCHES | 30 |
POSTREFORMATION CHURCHES | 39 |
MAUSOLEA MONUMENTS GRAVEYARDS AND STATUES | 55 |
MOTTES CASTLES TOWERS AND LAIRDS HOUSES | 62 |
PALACES MANSIONS AND COUNTRY HOUSES | 72 |
72 | 366 |
ROADS RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS | 366 |
RURAL MANSES FARMHOUSES AND STEADINGS | 366 |
Glasclune Castle Groundfloor plan RCAHMS | 383 |
Gleneagles House Drawing of north front by David | 398 |
The Hermitage Engraving after a pastel | 411 |
Kinfauns Castle Gallery Engraving after a painting | 462 |
Kinross House Reconstruction of site plan of c 1685 | 485 |
I | 90 |
16 | 153 |
22 | 217 |
Burleigh Castle Groundfloor plan RCAHMS | 250 |
Castle Menzies Firstfloor plan RCAHMS | 265 |
Culdees Castle Sketch reconstruction of elevations | 307 |
Drummond Castle Site plan RCAHMS | 320 |
Dunkeld Cathedral Plan RCAHMS | 335 |
Dunning St Serfs Church Dupplin Cross J Stuart | 351 |
39 | 366 |
55 | 366 |
Lochleven Castle Groundfloor plan RCAHMS | 502 |
Meigle Museum Pictish stone Meigle 11 RCAHMS | 520 |
Murthly Castle Plans of development RCAHMS | 546 |
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS | 564 |
Perth View of city from J Slezer Theatrum Scotiae 1693 | 565 |
Perth Old Council Chambers Perspective The Builder | 603 |
Rossie Priory Mausoleum crossslab RCAHMS | 682 |
GLOSSARY | 747 |
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