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DRUMLANRIG CASTLE FOURTH PERIOD and are approached by a corridor running round the wall next the court- yard. This appears to be original, and is one of the earliest examples of this modern feature in house planning. There was originally a picture- gallery or drawing-room, 145 feet long, along the north side of the castle, which was ornamented with carved wood-work executed by Grinling Gibbons. Such galleries were, as we have seen, not unusual in the earlier Scottish as well as English mansions. The carved work is now placed in the present dining-room and drawing-room. Fio. 885. Drumlam-ig Castle. View from the South-East. The external design of the castle is very imposing and picturesque (Fig. 886). It has been (in common with all buildings of the same style in Scotland) ascribed to Inigo Jones, but as he died in 1651, and the castle was not begun till 1675 or 1676, the tradition is in this case at least clearly mythical. The building was erected by William, first Duke of Queensberry, between l6?5 and 1689. Lukup was the name of the master of works, but there is no record of the name of any architect. The cost so greatly disheartened the proprietor that he is said to