Excerpt from Caroline Park House and Roystoun Castle: A Descriptive and Historical AccountRoline park house, now occupied by the offices of Messrs A. B. Fleming Company, Limited, is. Situated in the parish of Cramond, Midlothian, in a wooded park about three-quarters of a mile to the west of Granton Harbour, and about three miles north-west from Princes Street, Edinburgh. The house appears to have been built in 1685 by George, Viscount Tarbat, of whose career and family something will be said latef on. It is quadrangular in' form, and measures 117 feet from north to south by 90 feet from east to west, the open courtyard being 45 feet by 38. The present south front was added eleven years after the house was built - that is, in 1696, which is the date carved above the dormer window in the centre of the very steep-pitched south roof.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.