Scottish baronial is a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival architectural style that revived the forms and ornament of Scotland's historical architecture from the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. Buildings in the style are characterized by elaborate rooflines embellished with conical roofs, tourelles and battlements with machicolations, often set within an asymmetrical plan. It flourished during the nineteenth-century fashion for Romanticism and the Picturesque and is considered the Scottish equivalent of the Jacobethan Revival that was popular in England during the same period. Its notable Victorian-era architects included William Burn and David Bryce.
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Scottish baronial or Scots baronial is an architectural style of 19th-century Gothic Revival which revived the forms and ornaments of historical architecture of Scotland in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period.
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Scottish baronial or Scots baronial is an architectural style of 19th-century Gothic Revival which revived the forms and ornaments of historical architecture of Scotland in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period.
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Built in 1866-69 in the Scottish baronial style by the architect Alexander Watt, it was commissioned by the Glasgow wine and spirits merchant John Aiken.
Broughton Place, Scottish Borders (Wikipedia)
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It was designed by Basil Spence in the style of a 17th-century Scottish Baronial tower house.
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The original wooden structure, on which the present north and south wing designs are based, featured architectural elements drawn from Scottish baronial architecture, as well as the chateaus of the Loire Valley. This blend of architectural styles would eventually lead to the Châteauesque style used for most of the grand railway hotels in Canada.
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Burns commissioned the architect Robert William Billings to remodel the house in the Scottish baronial style, expanding the original structure by adding a new floor, new wings and a clock tower to the south-east corner.
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