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FOURTH PERIOD 188 GRANTON HOUSE room to the garden. The room in the north wing was no doubt the private room, with a separate entrance from the staircase. A curious relic of the old building is preserved in the small mural closet (with a fireplace) between the dining and drawing rooms. The upper floor and attics of the main house contained bedrooms, but the west wing was not carried up above the first floor. J FIG. 646. Granton House. South Doorway. In connection with the original house a high wall was built enclosing the courtyard and the garden, and following the outline of the rocky site. The outer wall and gateway, as seen from the west, have a very picturesque as well as a rather formidable appearance (Fig. 648). The gateway, with its beaded arch surmounted with a panel for a coat of arms, and furnished with a stand for mounting on horseback (or " louping- on stane "), still remain, as well as the embrasures and parapet walk of the west enclosing wall. The steps in the garden for ascending to man the battlements may still be observed. The courtyard has been sur- rounded with offices of various kinds, the site and foundations of which can be traced, but only one building at the south-east angle remains. The pleasure garden to the south has a gateway (Fig. 649), forming