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 ALLARDYCE CASTLE 401 FOURTH PERIOD the rest. It provides a good deal of additional accommodation in a separate block, with a distinct door and stair, as was sometimes done for example, at Culross Palace. The kitchen has a stone " filler " for water-supply from the outside, and it would seem that it was contem- plated to erect an oven in the tower adjoining the fireplace, which, however, remains unfinished. The upper floors (which have been greatly altered) contained the usual hall or dining-room over the cellars, and withdrawing-room over the kitchen. The view (Fig. 842) shows the remarkable simplicity of the design, the turrets being carried up from the foundation, and corbelling being very sparingly employed. This is probably one of the most successful designs we have of this class of house. There appears to be no trace of history or tradition connected with the erection of this mansion, but its architecture clearly places it in the first half of the seventeenth century. ALLARDYCE CASTLE, FORFARSHIRE. This building is remarkable on account of the extraordinary develop- FIG. 843. Allardyce Castle. Entrance Archway. ment of label mouldings in the corbelling. This is a very favourite form VOL. II. 2 C