Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. 1 A Plethora of Palaces 1
6. 2 Design Approaches in Early Post-Reformation Scots Houses 15
7. 3 'Scarce a Finer Seat in Scotland' 35
8. 4 Two Late Seventeenth-Century Designs for Kinnaird Castle 43
9. 5 Sir William Bruce's Design for Hopetoun House and Its Forerunners 53
10. 6 Organs, Orrerys and Others 69
11. 7 An Account of the Reconstruction of William Adam's Design for Gladney House, with some Observations on Other Early Projects 91
12. 8 The Restoration of the House of Dun 99
13. 9 Views in Scottish Houses, 1630-I770 109
14. 10 John Elphinstone and the Castle of Glamis 119
15. 11 A Roger Morris-John Adam Episode in Astylar Palladianism 128
16. 12 A Bibliophile's Bagnio 135
17. 13 Robert Adam at Walkinshaw 151
18. 14 Robert Adam and John Clerk of Eldin 165
19. 15 David (or John?) Henderson's Designs for Caprington Castle 181
20. 16 'This Disagreeable Business' 193
21. 17 'The New Square Style' 206
22. 18 J. P. Neale and the Views of Scotland 217
23. 19 John Smith and Craigievar Castle 229
24. 20 A Neo-Baronial Monymusk Not Built by William Burn 237
25. 21 The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland and Dunrobin Castle 249
26. 22 Relugas and the Dick Lauder Family 261
27. 23 Introducing Alexander Roos 277
28. 24 The Scottish Houses of William Leiper 285
29. 25 The Country House, Larger Villas and Related Hotel Designs of Sir John James Burnet 298
30. 26 The Architect's House and the Search for a 'National Style' 325
31. Appendix 337
32. Acknowledgements 344
33. Photographic Credits 346
34. Index of Designers and Buildings 347