Such tower houses were the most common type of aristocratic residence in late medieval Scotland.
It was built in the 16th century and used as a rural villa and later an aristocratic residence.
The palace is built in two floors, the upper floor being the aristocratic residence ("piano nobile").
Structural details also show a strong relationship with the Heian period style called shinden-zukuri used in aristocratic residences.
In 1780, productions shifted to two former aristocratic residences.
There are, however, stone constructions in the horse Park district, probably aristocratic residences and a public building with columns, near the convent's pasture.
An orangery was a feature of royal and aristocratic residences through the 17th and 18th centuries.
It was a classic aristocratic residence, lined with old wood paneling.
By then it had lost its military significance and was henceforth used as an aristocratic residence.
It is one of the few palaces or mansions in Vienna never to have been an aristocratic residence.