The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3MacGibbon, David
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The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3
MacGibbon, David
Church architecture -- Scotland
The chancel (Fig. 254) is 16 feet long by 15 feet wide, and is vaulted
with bold diagonal groin-ribs, enriched with chevron ornaments and
springing from grotesque corbels (Fig. 255). It has one small window on
the south side, with plain splay in the ingoing and plain sconsions and
arch.
The apse is semi-circular, and is entered from the chancel by an
[Illustration: FIG. 252.--Dalmeny Church. Nave, looking East.]
enriched arch (see Fig. 254). The arch has two orders carved with
chevron ornaments and a hood mould with faceted enrichment. The shafts
and caps are similar to those of the chancel arch. The apse is vaulted
like a single square bay, with boldly moulded groin-ribs springing from
large corbels carved with grotesque heads (Figs. 256 and 257). The wall
is of
[Illustration: FIG. 254.--Dalmeny Church. View of Apse from Chancel.]
plain ashlar, and the apse is lighted by three plain window openings
(Fig. 258), the central one of which has been enlarged.
The exterior of the church (Fig. 259) is built with the usual cubic
ashlar of the period. All the windows in the building (Fig. 260) have a
single pair of shafts with cushion or carved caps, and an arch, of one
order, carved with chevron ornament, and a hood mould enriched with
faceted patterns. The choir and apse have a boldly projected cornice
supported on corbels carved with grotesque heads. The choir has the side
walls carried up in the form of a parapet above the cornice, having
evidently been raised at some period to the same height externally as
the nave. A string course runs round the building immediately below the
windows, of which it forms the sills. It is enriched with a carved
floral pattern.
The doorway (Fig. 261) is placed in a projecting part of the south wall,
and is surmounted by an arcade of interlacing arches, with corbel course
above, carved with grotesque heads.
The doorway has two nook shafts on each side, the outer one round
[Illustration: FIG. 255.--Dalmeny Church. Corbels.]
and the inner one octagonal. These are detached and in single stones.
They carry enriched caps, three of them having foliage and volutes
imitated from the Roman, and one with traces of an animal. A string
course, enriched with scrolls, forms an abacus above the caps, and from
the abacus spring the arch mouldings in two orders, with carved hood
mould beyond.
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