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 CAROLINE PARK 45.3 FOURTH PERIOD have only slept one night in the castle, and to have retired in disgust to Sanquhar Castle, where he afterwards dwelt in very reduced circum- stances. Whoever designed the building, we think there can be no question as to his being a native architect. The north front exhibits many picturesque Renaissance features, but all the remainder of the building shows numerous indications of the native style, similar to those of the earlier parts of Caroline Park (Fig. 885). We have the angle turrets supported on corbels of the usual form, together with a cable moulding 011 the east, west, and south faces, with mock gargoyles in the form of cannons at the angles, and windows with simple back set fillet and splays, while the interior plaster-work and wood-work are similar to those of many Scottish buildings of the seventeenth century. The rain-water is conducted from the roof in leaden pipes, which have large cistern heads, on which are cast the crowned and winged heart, the arms of the Douglases of Drumlanrig. The north front presents some resemblance to the design of the entrance front of Holyrood Palace, by Sir William Bruce, especially in the central portion with its crowned termination. The barony of Drumlanrig belonged to the family of Douglas from an early period. It is mentioned in a charter of confirmation granted by David ii. in 1356 to William, Lord Douglas. The estate continued to descend from father to son in the Douglas family for the unusually long period of four hundred years. In 1628 Sir W. Douglas was created Viscount of Drumlanrig by Charles i., and in 1633 he became Earl of Queensberry. William, third Earl of Queensberry, was Justice-General and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in 1680, and in 1684 was created Duke of Queensberry by Charles n. In James ii.'s time he withdrew from public affairs and occupied himself with the erection of Drumlanrig Castle. In 1810, on the death of the fourth Duke of Queensberry, the title and part of the estates devolved on Henry, third Duke of Buccleuch, and are still enjoyed by the present noble representative of the family. For further particulars of the history of the Douglas family see Dr. C. T. Ramage's Drumlanrig Castle and the Douglases. CAROLINE PARK (FORMERLY ROYSTON), GRANTON, MlD-LoTHIAN. This mansion is a fine specimen of the house built round a quadrangle, of the end of the seventeenth century. It was erected by George, Viscount Tarbat, in 1685, as the following inscription, carved on a panel on the north front, shows, viz. : " Gazae congestae nihili impensae usui sunt Cum glebis augentur et labores In nostro ergo et amicorum solatium Turguriolum hoc Aedificare