Editing James V (section)

=== Building ===
[[File:Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) 149.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The James V Tower at the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]]]]
[[File:Falkland Palace South Range.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Façade of [[Falkland Palace]] in the French Renaissance style]]

James V spent a large amount of money (at least [[Pound Scots|£]]41,000) during his adult reign on extensively remodelling all the major residences and several minor ones, including the construction of new structures, with the most significant work focused on [[Falkland Palace]] and [[Stirling Castle]].<ref name="Dunbar27">Dunbar, John G., ''Scottish Royal Palaces'' (Tuckwell: East Linton, 1999), p. 27.</ref><ref>Thomas, Andrea, ''Princelie Majestie, the court of James V'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2005), p. 92.</ref> Early in his personal rule James began the construction of the present [[Gothic architecture|Late Gothic]] James V Tower at the north-west corner of the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]], which provided new royal lodgings on the first and second floors, and a high degree of security. A new west front was also built.<ref>Dunbar, John G., ''Scottish Royal Palaces'' (Tuckwell: East Linton, 1999), p. 61.</ref><ref>Thomas, Andrea, ''Princelie Majestie, the court of James V'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 99–100.</ref> At [[Linlithgow Palace]], James closed off the original east entranceway and formed a new formal access from the south, including an inner gatehouse and an outer entrance gate decorated with the carved arms of the four chivalric orders of which James was a member: [[Order of the Garter|Garter]], [[Order of the Thistle|Thistle]], [[Order of the Golden Fleece|Golden Fleece]] and [[Order of Saint Michael|Saint Michael]]. The three-tiered octagonal King's Fountain topped by an [[imperial crown]] was built in 1538 as the centrepiece of the courtyard.<ref>Dunbar, John G., ''Scottish Royal Palaces'' (Tuckwell: East Linton, 1999), p. 18.</ref>

At Falkland Palace, James V extended his father's buildings in [[French Renaissance architecture|French Renaissance]] style between 1537 and 1541 and built a [[real tennis]] court in the garden in 1541.<ref>Henry Paton, ''Accounts of the Masters of Work'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1957), pp. 270, 275, 279–281.</ref> The court survives to this day and is the oldest in the [[United Kingdom]]. James also built a new Late Gothic entrance tower in the south range, and the courtyard facades of the east and south ranges that were built in 1537 and 1539 are the earliest examples of [[Renaissance architecture]] in the [[British Isles]].<ref name=Dunbar27/><ref>Thomas, Andrea, ''Princelie Majestie, the court of James V'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2005), p. 111.</ref> The largest of James V's building projects was the construction of the Royal Palace at Stirling Castle, built between 1538 and 1540, with its Renaissance facades and the north, east and south quarters housing the king's and queen's apartments. Work was also carried out at [[Tantallon Castle]], [[Blackness Castle]] and [[Hermitage Castle]].<ref>Thomas, Andrea, ''Princelie Majestie, the court of James V'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2005), p. 49.</ref>