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Archaeological Journal, 1991
It is argued from analysis of the mouldings and other features that the Blackadder Aisle was buil... more It is argued from analysis of the mouldings and other features that the Blackadder Aisle was built in two stages, separated by at least two centuries. The shell of the lower storey may be the work of the same mason who built the choir in the mid 13th century, while Archbishop Blackadder (1483-1508) merely covered the incomplete shell with its vault, albeit sympathetically blended in.
Reference Reviews, 2003
The Buildings of Scotland, founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) and Colin McWilliam (1928-... more The Buildings of Scotland, founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) and Colin McWilliam (1928-1989), will, when complete, guide the reader to all buildings of significance in Scotland. In each volume, a gazetteer describes and interprets buildings and developments of all dates and kinds, from ancient brochs and Roman forts to medieval abbeys and castles, classical country houses, Victorian churches, farms and factories, and twentieth-century tower blocks. An introduction explains the broader context, while maps, plans and a central section of over a hundred photographs bring the buildings into closer focus. Comprehensive indexes and an illustrated glossary that includes many Scottish terms turn these indispensable travelling companions into accessible reference works. Stirling and Central Scotland straddles the divisions between Highland and Lowland, rural and industrial Scotland. Castles range from Stirling, its fortifications enclosing a Renaissance palace of international sensibility, to the strongholds of medieval magnates at Doune, Blackness and Castle Campbell, from tower houses at Clackmannan and Alloa to the Georgian barracks complex of Dumbarton. Many buildings are fully explained for the first time including Kinneil House, which developed from tower to palace of the Regent of Scotland to Restoration showhouse, and the huge spread of Callendar House; aggrandised over four centuries with many changes of dress. Other major houses include Bannockburn House, with its superb plasterwork, and the eighteenth century mansions of Strathleven House, Touch House and Robert Adam's castellated villa of Airthrey Castle. Dunblane Cathedral and Stirling's Church of the Holy Rood magnificently represent medieval churches while post-Reformation successors range from the rural simplicity of Baldernock to the sumptuously fitted Alloa West Church. The buildings of the many towns and picturesque villages are just as varied, from Stirling's medieval Old Town, to the Victorian townscapes of Alloa and Falkirk, the prosperous villadom of Bearsden and Lenzie, and the redevelopment of blitzed Clydebank. Industrial memories of the collieries, mills, shipyards and ironworks are also recalled, not least by the contrast between the workers' housing and the industrialists' mansions. Notable twentieth century buildings include the boomerang-shaped Bannockburn High School, the University of Stirling's lakeside campus and the evocative development of Lomond Shores while the twenty first century has opened with construction of the Millennium Wheel at Falkirk.
The Catholic Historical Review, 2012
Proc Soc …, 1994
This report, prefaced by a brief history of Pluscarden Priory, and by a description of the church... more This report, prefaced by a brief history of Pluscarden Priory, and by a description of the church, describes excavations on the western side of the Priory. Features investigated include the western end of the nave, a series of burials, a stone-lined pit containing a rich organic ...
The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021
<p>This chapter discusses the forms and functions of cathedrals, the principal churches of ... more <p>This chapter discusses the forms and functions of cathedrals, the principal churches of bishops within their dioceses. It outlines the ways in which the architecture and furnishings were designed to accommodate and enhance the unbroken round of worship that was their principal justification, and the means by which an ambience was created for worship that offered a foretaste of heaven for the faithful. The complex processes of design and construction of buildings that were the most sophisticated and structurally demanding of their age are touched upon. Changing architectural fashions are discussed, with emphasis on the ways in which the taste for greater structural lightness and decorative ingenuity in successive phases of the Gothic developed out of the more robustly conceived Romanesque architecture of the twelfth century. There is also consideration of the historiography of the study of the cathedrals.</p>
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2018
This chapter considers the architecture, fixtures, and furnishings of the parish churches and cha... more This chapter considers the architecture, fixtures, and furnishings of the parish churches and chapels of medieval Britain and the range of functions they were designed to accommodate and reflect. After an introduction and discussion of the essential and more common component elements of the church buildings, the processes of design and construction are touched upon. Reference is made to changing architectural fashions, taking account of regional preferences and the availability of building materials. Discussion then focuses upon the features that might be provided to support worship and to enhance its setting, especially in the vicinity of the altars but also in the areas of the churches occupied by the laity.
Dealing with the late 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, this book surveys and analyzes the range of ... more Dealing with the late 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, this book surveys and analyzes the range of ideas that gave Scottish late-Gothic architecture its distinctiveness. It then looks in detail at the individual building types from cathedrals and religious houses to artillery fortifications.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
Ce chapitre presente une analyse architecturale de l'abbaye. L'eglise se trouve actuellem... more Ce chapitre presente une analyse architecturale de l'abbaye. L'eglise se trouve actuellement dans un etat extremement fragmente. Neanmoins un examen detaille des profils subsistants ainsi que les rapports des fouilles effectuees en 1896 donnent une idee partielle de la chronologie de ses structures et de sa composition. Les ailes septentrionale et occidentale du cloitre situe du cote nord de l'eglise ont ete completement detruites. La partie sud de l'aile orientale est mieux conservee car elle a ete partiellement transformee apres la Reforme en residence pour les successeurs des abbes commendataires du lieu. La partie septentrionale du cloitre est une construction qui pourrait avoir ete le logis abbatial. Transforme pour l'usage agricole, celui-ci a survecu et a ete restaure recemment comme habitation. Le seul fragment important subsistant est une partie de la structure voutee d'un bâtiment au nord-est du cloitre. Son emplacement laisse supposer qu'il pou...
Archaeological Journal, 1991
It is argued from analysis of the mouldings and other features that the Blackadder Aisle was buil... more It is argued from analysis of the mouldings and other features that the Blackadder Aisle was built in two stages, separated by at least two centuries. The shell of the lower storey may be the work of the same mason who built the choir in the mid 13th century, while Archbishop Blackadder (1483-1508) merely covered the incomplete shell with its vault, albeit sympathetically blended in.
Reference Reviews, 2003
The Buildings of Scotland, founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) and Colin McWilliam (1928-... more The Buildings of Scotland, founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) and Colin McWilliam (1928-1989), will, when complete, guide the reader to all buildings of significance in Scotland. In each volume, a gazetteer describes and interprets buildings and developments of all dates and kinds, from ancient brochs and Roman forts to medieval abbeys and castles, classical country houses, Victorian churches, farms and factories, and twentieth-century tower blocks. An introduction explains the broader context, while maps, plans and a central section of over a hundred photographs bring the buildings into closer focus. Comprehensive indexes and an illustrated glossary that includes many Scottish terms turn these indispensable travelling companions into accessible reference works. Stirling and Central Scotland straddles the divisions between Highland and Lowland, rural and industrial Scotland. Castles range from Stirling, its fortifications enclosing a Renaissance palace of international sensibility, to the strongholds of medieval magnates at Doune, Blackness and Castle Campbell, from tower houses at Clackmannan and Alloa to the Georgian barracks complex of Dumbarton. Many buildings are fully explained for the first time including Kinneil House, which developed from tower to palace of the Regent of Scotland to Restoration showhouse, and the huge spread of Callendar House; aggrandised over four centuries with many changes of dress. Other major houses include Bannockburn House, with its superb plasterwork, and the eighteenth century mansions of Strathleven House, Touch House and Robert Adam's castellated villa of Airthrey Castle. Dunblane Cathedral and Stirling's Church of the Holy Rood magnificently represent medieval churches while post-Reformation successors range from the rural simplicity of Baldernock to the sumptuously fitted Alloa West Church. The buildings of the many towns and picturesque villages are just as varied, from Stirling's medieval Old Town, to the Victorian townscapes of Alloa and Falkirk, the prosperous villadom of Bearsden and Lenzie, and the redevelopment of blitzed Clydebank. Industrial memories of the collieries, mills, shipyards and ironworks are also recalled, not least by the contrast between the workers' housing and the industrialists' mansions. Notable twentieth century buildings include the boomerang-shaped Bannockburn High School, the University of Stirling's lakeside campus and the evocative development of Lomond Shores while the twenty first century has opened with construction of the Millennium Wheel at Falkirk.
The Catholic Historical Review, 2012
Proc Soc …, 1994
This report, prefaced by a brief history of Pluscarden Priory, and by a description of the church... more This report, prefaced by a brief history of Pluscarden Priory, and by a description of the church, describes excavations on the western side of the Priory. Features investigated include the western end of the nave, a series of burials, a stone-lined pit containing a rich organic ...
The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021
<p>This chapter discusses the forms and functions of cathedrals, the principal churches of ... more <p>This chapter discusses the forms and functions of cathedrals, the principal churches of bishops within their dioceses. It outlines the ways in which the architecture and furnishings were designed to accommodate and enhance the unbroken round of worship that was their principal justification, and the means by which an ambience was created for worship that offered a foretaste of heaven for the faithful. The complex processes of design and construction of buildings that were the most sophisticated and structurally demanding of their age are touched upon. Changing architectural fashions are discussed, with emphasis on the ways in which the taste for greater structural lightness and decorative ingenuity in successive phases of the Gothic developed out of the more robustly conceived Romanesque architecture of the twelfth century. There is also consideration of the historiography of the study of the cathedrals.</p>
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2018
This chapter considers the architecture, fixtures, and furnishings of the parish churches and cha... more This chapter considers the architecture, fixtures, and furnishings of the parish churches and chapels of medieval Britain and the range of functions they were designed to accommodate and reflect. After an introduction and discussion of the essential and more common component elements of the church buildings, the processes of design and construction are touched upon. Reference is made to changing architectural fashions, taking account of regional preferences and the availability of building materials. Discussion then focuses upon the features that might be provided to support worship and to enhance its setting, especially in the vicinity of the altars but also in the areas of the churches occupied by the laity.
Dealing with the late 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, this book surveys and analyzes the range of ... more Dealing with the late 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, this book surveys and analyzes the range of ideas that gave Scottish late-Gothic architecture its distinctiveness. It then looks in detail at the individual building types from cathedrals and religious houses to artillery fortifications.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
Ce chapitre presente une analyse architecturale de l'abbaye. L'eglise se trouve actuellem... more Ce chapitre presente une analyse architecturale de l'abbaye. L'eglise se trouve actuellement dans un etat extremement fragmente. Neanmoins un examen detaille des profils subsistants ainsi que les rapports des fouilles effectuees en 1896 donnent une idee partielle de la chronologie de ses structures et de sa composition. Les ailes septentrionale et occidentale du cloitre situe du cote nord de l'eglise ont ete completement detruites. La partie sud de l'aile orientale est mieux conservee car elle a ete partiellement transformee apres la Reforme en residence pour les successeurs des abbes commendataires du lieu. La partie septentrionale du cloitre est une construction qui pourrait avoir ete le logis abbatial. Transforme pour l'usage agricole, celui-ci a survecu et a ete restaure recemment comme habitation. Le seul fragment important subsistant est une partie de la structure voutee d'un bâtiment au nord-est du cloitre. Son emplacement laisse supposer qu'il pou...