General view of arch, Culzean Castle, entrance gate with castellated top, roundels to side, a coat of arms and a sculpture of a putti riding a dolphin on the top.
SC 763934
Description General view of arch, Culzean Castle, entrance gate with castellated top, roundels to side, a coat of arms and a sculpture of a putti riding a dolphin on the top.
Date 3/1954
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 763934
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AY 1051/4
Scope and Content Annotated and stamped on the mounted print: 'National Buildings Record Scottish Council. Shire: Ayrshire. Place: Maybole. Building: Culzean Castle - entrance gate. Photographer: Cruft. Date March 1954'. Arch from north-west, Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire This shows the c.1790 arch at the entrance to the courtyard between the castle and the stable block. The carved stone arch is decorated with roundels, castellations, pilasters, the Kennedy coat of arms and is surmounted by a sculpture of a putti riding a dolphin. The family motto 'AVISE LA FINE' ('consider the end') is inscribed on a ribbon below. This archway is part of an almost theatrical series of structures through which the visitor arrives at the castle. After passing fine stone gate lodges at the entrances to the estate, a carriage would pass through a deliberately 'ruined' arch, over a bridge, and finally through this 'triumphal' arch into the entrance court. These fine structures are intended to suggest the wealth and taste of the landowner. Culzean Castle was remodelled by architect Robert Adam (1728-92) from 1777 onwards for David, 10th Earl of Cassilis. He extended the late 16th-century, L-plan tower-house in the Castellated style and added a drum tower in 1785. Adam also designed the Neo-Classical interior, oval staircase (built 1787), and adjacent home farm. The castle was extended to the west in 1875 by architects Wardrop & Reid, and restored in the 20th century for The National Trust for Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference NBR 17
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