3/31/2024 0 Comments Laird outlast 2![]() ![]() In the 1560s the unique Scottish style of the Scots baronial emerged, which combined features from medieval castles, tower houses, and peel towers with Renaissance plans, in houses designed primarily for residence rather than defence.Īfter the Restoration (1660) the work of architect Sir William Bruce introduced to Scotland a new phase of classicising architecture, in the shape of royal palaces and estate houses incorporating elements of the Palladian style. ![]() The origins of Scottish estate houses are in aristocratic emulation of the extensive building and rebuilding of royal residences, beginning with Linlithgow, under the influence of Renaissance architecture. They were built from the sixteenth century, after defensive castles began to be replaced by more comfortable residences for royalty, nobility and local lairds. Manderston House, built in the early twentieth century and one of the last major estate houses built in ScotlandĮstate houses in Scotland or Scottish country houses, are large houses usually on landed estates in Scotland. ![]()
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