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FOURTH PERIOD 556 CRAIGHALL CASTLE similarly enriched. The other foreground sketch shows the Hope arms as carved in the circular tympanum, with the date 1691;, and the crest of the family, a rainbow, and the motto " Spero suspiro donee." Craighall was purchased early in the seventeenth century by the well-known lawyer Sir Thomas Hope, a stout advocate of the Presby- terian cause during the reign of Charles i. His charter is dated 1635. Sir Thomas died in 1646, so that it is questionable if any of the buildings here are of his time. The Renaissance part, which is usually ascribed to him, it is certain he did not build, as it is too late by half a century, having been erected during the time of his grandson. Although the older portion is not usually assigned to him, still it is quite possible that he may have been its author. There is, however, no doubt but that he built the entrance gateway and tower still standing a little to the west of the house, and which bears the date 1637. This tower now forms a part of a farm- steading, and is built against in the most incongruous manner, and at the time of our visit was almost entirely concealed with stacks of straw. FIG. 976. Craighall Castle. View from the South-West. Previous to Craighall becoming the property of Sir Thomas Hope, it belonged for generations to the family of Kinninmond (or Kynninmonth), and the oldest part of the house was doubtless erected by them. The plan of the building corresponds generally with that of Pitreavie and Castle Stewart, which are both seventeenth-century buildings.