The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 2/3MacGibbon, David
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The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 2/3
MacGibbon, David
Church architecture -- Scotland
The abbey was annexed to the Crown in 1587. Symson mentions that in
1684 the steeple and part of the walls were standing. It is said that
the present church which adjoins is erected on part of the walls of the
old abbey.
The part of the abbey which contains the ancient door has evidently been
refitted as a church in post-Reformation times, and has a gable with a
plain belfry.
[Illustration: FIG. 729.--Tungland Abbey. Doorway.]
[Illustration: FIG. 730.--Tungland Abbey. Details of Doorway.]
The old doorway has some features (Fig. 730) which make it doubtful
whether it belongs to the first pointed style, or is only one of the
reproductions in imitation of that style which were common in the time
of James VI.
COCKPEN CHURCH, MID-LOTHIAN.
[Illustration: FIG. 731.--Cockpen Church. Plan.]
The ruins of the ancient parish church of Cockpen stand in a burial
ground about one mile south from the modern parish church, which is
situated about a mile from Dalhousie Railway Station. The walls of the
old church are in tolerable preservation, but they have been so much
altered, probably soon after the Reformation, so as to render them
suitable for Presbyterian worship, that the original features are almost
obliterated. The structure (Fig. 731) is a simple oblong, 65 feet 6
inches in length by 15 feet 2 inches in width. There are some remains of
narrow lancet windows at the east end, but they have been much altered,
one of them being widened to form an outside doorway to a gallery. The
side windows have been similarly altered and new square-headed windows
inserted, so that almost all trace of the original features is lost. The
ruins are also so completely covered with a dense growth of ivy that the
details of the architecture cannot be properly investigated. Some burial
vaults have been thrown out from the side walls, probably in the
sixteenth century. From the scanty materials available it may be
inferred that the original church was a structure of the thirteenth
century.
PENCAITLAND CHURCH, HADDINGTONSHIRE.
[Illustration: FIG. 732.--Pencaitland Church. Plan.]
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