More of Glamis Castle
Posted in Architecture at 12:00 on 10 March 2022
I forgot to include this photo of Glamis Castle’s Billiard Room in my previous post:-
Despite the castle never having been built as a stronghold this intertnal door is still pretty sturdy:-
View through door to china collection:-
Powder Room. I forget now if this was used for storing gunpowder or it was the US meaning. The former I should think:-
After the tour of the castle proper comes a set of exhibition rooms with various exhibits.
Countess of Strathmore’s Wedding Dress:-
Information on Countess of Strathmore’s Wedding Dress:-
Doll’s’ House. I believe this was played with by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later to be Queen Consort and Queen Mother:-
During the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion James III, as they knew him, but called the Old Pretender by Hanoverians, spent the night in Glamis Castle. He left his watch behind:-
World’s oldest tartan:-
Dolls in Glamis Castle. The taller one on the right here is in the image of the young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon:-