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 FOURTH PERIOD 442 TRAQUAIR HOUSE one story,, with attics. The north-west side, owing to the sudden fall of the ground, has an extra story on the low level containing the stable and offices connected therewith, and a chapel with sacristy on the floor above. The wing on the east side is shown on the plan of 1695 (to be afterwards referred to) as containing a brew-house and other offices. Running along the north-east front of the main building is a high terrace 17 feet wide, with a stair leading down about 8 feet to a lower terrace, entering off which at either end is a square pavilion with an O.G. roof (Fig. 878). A second stair leads to the level park stretching to the Quair, a short distance off. FIG. 877. Traquair House. View from the South-West. The building is of three periods, as indicated by the different modes of shading 011 the plan. The oldest part (tinted black), at the north- east corner of the quadrangle, is an oblong measuring 69 feet by 31 feet 6 inches, with a projection containing the staircase. The original entrance was doubtless in this projection at the re-entering angle. The present entrance belongs to the buildings of the second period, and to suit them the lower steps of the stair have obviously been altered. In the second period (shown by cross hatching) the building was extended to the south-east to the full width of the first building includ- ing the projecting staircase, and the new addition was furnished with turrets at the angles. The ornaments on the corbels supporting these turrets comprise the dog-tooth, billet, and other revived decorations of an earlier time as frequently happens in late work (Fig. 879). On the centre dormer window of this addition, facing the courtyard, is carved the date 1642, thus marking the date of this building. To the same