Hafton House Interior - view of stair hall from north

Description Hafton House Interior - view of stair hall from north

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 558791

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 22480

Scope and Content View of the stair hall in Hafton House from the north, Argyll and Bute Originally, Hafton House was a late 18th-century mansion known as Orchard Park. It was bought around 1816 by James Hunter who had it transformed into a Tudor Gothic mansion by the architect David Hamilton (1768-1843). Other changes were made in the 1840s. In 1840 the major internal change was the new stair hall. The stair hall is entered from the original inner hall through a four-centred archway with wall shafts. A four-centred arch is a late medieval form of arch which is composed of four arcs. The two outer and lower arcs spring from centres on the springing line and the two inner and upper arcs from centres below the springing line. There are similar arches on the first floor as well. The interior of the house is consistently Gothic. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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