The Architecture of Robert Adam(1728-1792) Robert Adam's Castle Style Seton Castle - Interior of the House - General Notes Home History of Seton Castle Seton Castle Exterior Seton Castle Interior Glossary Links Bibliography
	The Castle Style and Interiors What is striking about the interior of an Adam house designed in the Castle Style, is that the interior design allows no reference to be made to the architectural language of the exterior of the building at all. The interiors are entirely in Adam's classical style and if any castle style elements are brought through to the interior or might be visible internally, such as cross shaped arrow-slit windows, these are either disguised or hidden in subsidiary room such as cupboards or toilets. By maintaining this separation of styles Adam prevents the rusticity of the Castle style from sully Chimney Pieces The majority of the chimney pieces in the house are likely to be in marble. Several have been overpainted with white paint, or had tile surrounds added, or been otherwise misused. The chimney piece designs, as with those for Dalquharran Castle, are quite simple compared to many that Adam designed for grander houses. They are none-the-less very elegant. Generally the more "public" the room the grander the chimney piece. Click on a thumbnail below to see a large image. Click on the highlighted link to see more on that topic 2nd Floor 1st Floor Ground Floor
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