Dunrobin Castle (4)
Now that I am zooming in on the south-west corner, it is becoming increasingly obvious that this end of the castle is of a different style to the rest of it - if you ignore the turret roofs.  For a start, while the building all looks broadly of the same colour from a distance, once you get close it becomes clear that this end only matches the bare stone of the far end, because it has been harled and painted a similar colour.  And needs repainting!  Furthermore, the extravagant corbelling, bay windows, decorative little turrets and protruding gables of the far end are all missing from this end, which has the simple lines of a typical 17th century Scottish castle - which is not surprising, because that is exactly what it is, with only a few modifications.
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