MacKechnie, Aonghus

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The proposition is submitted that Sir James Murray of
Kilbaberton, who from at least 1607 was Master of the
King's Works, was an architect responsible for the design
of some buildings in the major series characterised by
Winton House or Heriot's Hospital. This necessarily leads
to a questioning both of the traditional role of William
Wallace as being the foremost architect of his time, as
well as of the significance of the Mylne dynasty in this
period. It is also argued that this particular 'style' of
architecture was but another stage in the ongoing and
changing Court architecture of the country, with origins in
the earlier national tradition, whilst simultaneously
introducing new ideas and providing the basis upon which
the following generations were to build. Murray's role as
analogous to that of the far better-known Inigo Jones in
the southern part of James VI and I's newly-united kingdom
is also considered, with brief comparison made between the
two; and then a consideration of some buildings
representative of the Court architecture of Murray's period
in office, buildings both royal and non-royal. Thus, it is
submitted that in James Murray, we have one of our more
significant, and yet hitherto unrecognised, architects

Aonghus, Mackechnie

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Scots court architecture of the early 17th century: the absentee-court architecture of Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton, William Wallace and their circle, in the early 17th century

Scots court architecture of the early 17th century : the absentee-court architecture of Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton, William Wallace and their circle, in the early 17th century

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Scots court architecture of the early 17th century : the absentee-court architecture of Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton, William Wallace and their circle, in the early 17th century

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