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EARL PATRICK S PALACE 339 FOURTH PERIOD tions on the masonry show that the angle turrets were roofed in the manner represented in the drawings. The ground floor is entirely vaulted, while the upper floors have been of timber. FIG. 787. Earl Patrick's Palace. Section and Elevation. The entrance doorway is in the south-east angle of the courtyard, and has a somewhat remarkable door-piece, designed apparently by some one who must have seen a Grecian Doric column, and which he must have FIG. 788. Earl Patrick's Palace. East Elevation. travelled far to see in the sixteenth century. By referring to the sketch (Fig. 792) of the doorway it will at once be seen that we have here a rude imperfect rendering of the Doric order, not without considerable spirit