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FOURTH PERIOD PINKIE HOUSE cellor Seton, no parallel can be drawn between them beyond what we have mentioned. The eastern block forms the principal portion of the house, and is 148 feet 6 inches long by 27 feet wide. It is three stories in height, and has a lofty oblong tower in the centre on the courtyard side. The northern part of this block,, including the tower, is the oldest part of the building, and formed originally a castle of the L plan, measuring 65 feet long, and having the entrance in the tower, or wing, which contains the staircase to the first floor, the upper floor being reached by a turreted wheel stair. FIG. 837. Pinkie House. Plaster Ceilings. The second portion of the buildings includes the remainder of the east front and the southern wing, which has a frontage of 125 feet. It is quite possible that the southern block, which is altogether less