Of the ancient parish church of Edrom, situated about one mile from Edrom Railway Station, there still survives a Norman doorway of beautiful workmanship. (Fig. 269.)[175] It has been preserved by being made the entrance to a burial vault at the west end of the church. This doorway (Fig. 270) is one of the finest of the style in Scotland, and is of considerable size, being 11 feet high and 4 feet 8 inches wide. It has two shafts (one of them a nook shaft) in each jamb, and the ashlar work of the wall forms the support of the outer order. The arch contains three orders, all elaborately carved with Norman enrichments. The inner enrichment (Fig. 271) consists of a series of chevrons; the central order is also ornamented with two sets of chevrons, arranged so as to form lozenge shapes between them, which are filled with delicate carvings. The outer order contains a repeating ornament, arranged in squares, and the whole is enclosed with a small label carved with a delicately foliaged ornament. The caps of the shafts are somewhat remarkable. Fig. 271 shows those of each side. The cushion caps and the elaborately carved scrolls of the left central cap correspond with ordinary Norman work, but the peculiar and twisted serpent-like forms of the right jamb are remarkable. It is not quite clear that the doorway is in its original state. There are three capitals on each side, only two of which have shafts. It is not unlikely that the remaining two capitals had either shafts or some kind of decoration continued to the base, as at Iffley or Middleton; Stoney, [Illustration: FIG. 269.--Edrom Church. Norman Doorway.] Oxfordshire; or Kirkham Priory, Yorkshire (see _Parker’s Glossary_). It is also probable that the opening was square-headed, and the tympanum filled with a shield, as at Abercorn and Linton. The lands and church of Edenham, with Nisbet, were granted to [Illustration: FIG. 270.--Edrom Church. Doorway.] St. Cuthbert’s monks by Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar, and confirmed, in 1139, by David I. The investiture is in favour of the Prior of Coldingham. [Illustration: FIG. 271.--Edrom. Caps of Shafts.] [Illustration: FIG. 272.--Edrom. Angle Buttresses.] [Illustration: FIG. 273.--Edrom. Arms on Buttress.] [Illustration: FIG. 274.--Edrom. Shield on Aisle.]