Page:The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) - Volume 2.djvu/365

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FYVIE CASTLE 349 FOURTH PERIOD of the arch the drums are corbelled out to the square, and on either side they terminate in turrets, with a fine gable in the centre, and dormers between the gable and turrets, the whole forming a magnificent centre to what is perhaps the most imposing front of any ancient domestic edifice in Scotland. FIG. 798. Fyvie Castle. View from the South- West. At the south-east corner stands the Preston Tower, which is the earliest portion of the building, having been begun by Sir Henry Preston