Notes on Fayne House
Item
Title
Notes on Fayne House
Description
This is the first few pages of Fayne with author notes on the side. The notes read:
"Salamander wreathed on flames - often in heraldry. The law and practice of heraldry in Scotland - book - George Seton 1863"
"Terraced lawn - often undulating stone work patterns. Sorrel and stitchwort grow with bluebells."
Also included here is a copy of the title page for the aforementioned book, The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland by George Seton, as well as the first page of the preface.
The second page's notes are as follows:
"Scottish Baronial style - for lesser lords - 1600s quickly abandoned for holding onto the high roofs, towers and torrents of older structures for the status look of those architectural forms"
"Northern Renaissance style - for wealthy folks - more sophisticated"
"Anglo Flemish style - popularized in Scotland by William Wallace - stone mason/architect - buildings done in and around the 1600s. Also could be called late renaissance style"
"Nice name - related to what you describe - a motte and bailey castle (bailey refers to the walled courtyard)"
"Postern gate - opening in the wall - concealed location which allowed you to come and go secretly - don't know if that is useful - your description makes sense and is easy to conjure"
"I think of credenza tables in dining rooms - I would think a console table in the hall - "
"Great halls in these homes also had fab large fireplaces with early listening devices allowing for conversations in the hall to be heard in the lords bedroom which was above - these devices were called the 'lairds lug' "
"The great halls used to be called dining halls ?"
"Salamander wreathed on flames - often in heraldry. The law and practice of heraldry in Scotland - book - George Seton 1863"
"Terraced lawn - often undulating stone work patterns. Sorrel and stitchwort grow with bluebells."
Also included here is a copy of the title page for the aforementioned book, The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland by George Seton, as well as the first page of the preface.
The second page's notes are as follows:
"Scottish Baronial style - for lesser lords - 1600s quickly abandoned for holding onto the high roofs, towers and torrents of older structures for the status look of those architectural forms"
"Northern Renaissance style - for wealthy folks - more sophisticated"
"Anglo Flemish style - popularized in Scotland by William Wallace - stone mason/architect - buildings done in and around the 1600s. Also could be called late renaissance style"
"Nice name - related to what you describe - a motte and bailey castle (bailey refers to the walled courtyard)"
"Postern gate - opening in the wall - concealed location which allowed you to come and go secretly - don't know if that is useful - your description makes sense and is easy to conjure"
"I think of credenza tables in dining rooms - I would think a console table in the hall - "
"Great halls in these homes also had fab large fireplaces with early listening devices allowing for conversations in the hall to be heard in the lords bedroom which was above - these devices were called the 'lairds lug' "
"The great halls used to be called dining halls ?"
Creator
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Subject
Fayne
Source
From Ann-Marie MacDonald's personal archive
