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View showing specimen window in steading Digital image of B/45418

SC 747429

Description View showing specimen window in steading Digital image of B/45418

Date 1/8/1990

Catalogue Number SC 747429

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 45418

Scope and Content Detail of window in steading, Gowanbank Farm, West Lothian Gowanbank, some 9.6km south-west of Linlithgow, was the country home of Sir James Gowans (1821-90). Gowans was a prominent Scottish architect who pioneered a new style of Gothic-inspired architecture in stark contrast to the classical simplicity of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town. This shows one of the steading windows, designed by Gowans in the mid-19th century. The standard of craftsmanship, elaborate use of decorative masonry work and influence of the Gothic style are clear. Gowans disliked the use of brick and cement such as used in the later addition to the right of the window. Gowans, like his father before him, was a master mason fascinated by all aspects of stone, its quarrying and its use. In the past, each mason made his own individual mark on the stones hewn by him. Gowans collected these masons' marks as a hobby. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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