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Interior, principal floor, front hall, view from East. Digital image of D 41617/cn

SC 764672

Description Interior, principal floor, front hall, view from East. Digital image of D 41617/cn

Date 16/11/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 764672

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 41617 CN

Scope and Content Front Hall, Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, from the east This magnificent hall, converted from an arcaded gallery which was originally open on one side to the courtyard (left), forms a great entrance hall running the full length of the north front of the house. The arches (left) were glazed c.1813, and a wooden chimneypiece, painted to imitate local stone, installed at the west end of the room (centre). The entrance (right) is guarded by an iron yett, a hinged open-work gate constructed of iron bars, which possibly dates from the late 17th century, and the walls are hung with 17th-century gilded leather stamped with the Douglas emblem, a winged heart surmounted by a crown. The Douglas emblem is repeated in the modern carpet, made in Ayrshire in 1985. The tall chairs and settees date from the late 17th century, and the gilt mirrors (left) are from the reign of King George II (1727-60). An inventory of 1694 describes the internal arrangements of the newly completed house. The front hall was originally a loggia open to the courtyard which formed a covered meeting place for arriving guests. The 17th-century progression was from the loggia out into the courtyard, and then across the courtyard to the main entrance to the house which was then on the inner face of the south range. Drumlanrig Castle, one of the great Renaissance courtyard houses of Scottish domestic architecture, was built between 1679 and 1690 for William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, on the site of a late 14th-century Douglas stronghold. The castle passed to the Dukes of Buccleuch in 1810, and is now the home of the 9th Duke (11th Duke of Queensberry). It houses many great family treasures and important works of art, including a fine collection of paintings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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