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 FOURTH PERIOD 444 TRAQUAIR HOUSE tion was not carried out, as the original simple and characteristic design has thus been preserved intact. Fig. 881 gives a view of the entrance doorway to the house, with its bold stone architrave and iron-studded door, pierced with two small windows, each filled with a " yoke " of glass. The knocker, dated 1705, and the latch, are good specimens of the quaint N.W. TURRET ( DETAILS TRAQUAIR CORBELS FIG. 879. Traquair House. Details. iron-work of the time. Similar knockers occur in the town of Queens- ferry, at Drum House near Edinburgh, etc. PIG. 880. Traquair House. Sketch for Alterations in 1695. A room on the second floor at the north-east end retains considerable remains of painted decoration on one of the walls, the subjects repre- sented being scenes of Eastern life mingled with floral scrolls. Round the borders are quotations from Scripture in old German lettering. The painting is of quite a different character from what we are familiar with at Earlshall, Culross, Pinkie, and other places, but unfortunately it is in a very faded condition. It has lately been faithfully copied for the Marquis of Bute, and it is to be hoped that his Lordship will cause it to