View of vaulted ceiling in bedroom Digital image of DF 296

Description View of vaulted ceiling in bedroom Digital image of DF 296

Date 11/1961

Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 767385

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DF 296

Scope and Content Vaulted Bedroom, Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries & Galloway This bedroom, on the ground floor of the west wing of the house, was originally the duke's closet, a small private sitting room. It has a groin-vaulted ceiling (where the ribs intersect at right angles), and the boss at the intersection of the ribs is carved with the monogram and coronet of William, Marquess of Queensberry. (This dates the room to between 1682 and 1684 when Douglas was Marquess of Queensberry.) The room has a wooden-panelled dado and window shutters, but is otherwise quite plain with painted walls and ceiling. The portrait above the bed is of the 1st Duke. William, 1st Duke of Queensberry (1637-95), was a prominent figure in Scottish politics who became a member of the Privy Council to King Charles II in 1667. He was made Justice-General of Scotland in 1680, and then, in rapid succession, became Lord High Treasurer of Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He was created Marquess of Queensberry in 1682 and became Duke of Queensberry in 1684. He built Drumlanrig Castle as his family seat, not only creating a house worthy of his family's new importance but one appealing to his own artistic sensibilities. However, he began to regret his extravagance and was said to have 'well-nigh ruined himself' in its construction. 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 works of art, including fine carvings and an important collection of paintings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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