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 MEARNS TOWER 231 THIRD PERIOI> is usual in buildings of this class, unless where they are subdivided into two stories, which does not seem to have been the intention here, as there are no corbels in the side walls for a floor, and no windows to light an upper story. The object of the height appears to have been VIEW FROM. S [ GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR A ENTRESOLE UPPER FLOOK Fro. 191. Mearns Tower. Plans, Section, and View. to introduce in the east wall an entresol, entering off the corkscrew stair, forming what is usually called a minstrel's gallery and a wall closet (see Plans). A similar entresol, apparently for the same purpose, occurs at the Dean Castle, Kilmarnock.