The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3MacGibbon, David
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The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3
MacGibbon, David
Church architecture -- Scotland
After the usual preliminaries and having acknowledged the receipt
of the sum of “xvj hundrethe merkis gude and vsuale money of the
realme,” they undertake “to big and compleit the revestrie of the
paroche kirk of Caldor with ane walter tabill at the heich that it
is now vnder the thak inlikwise with ane wthir walter tabill abone
the thak on the est gauill of the queir weill pendit in half round
to the said queir vnder the said tabill inlikeuise weill thekit
with thak stane And sall rais abone the said tabill in the est
gauill of the queir and abone the turneqres and the tabill thairof
tua lichtis als fair as thai may be had efferand to the heicht of
the queir And abone the walter tabill abone the thak of the
revestre and thre penis thairof to ryse cunteranis of buttreis
vpoune the said eist gauill thre penis thairof And the remanent of
the said queir to be endit of the lenthe and widenes as it is
foundit and in heicht fra the sollis of the said queir duris to the
vuer pairt of the walter tabill vnder the thak thairof xxxij futtis
And the south thre lychtis in the sydevall of the said queir betuix
the foure buttreis to ryse as thai are foundit als heich as thai
may be had in the pend of the said queir efferand to the heich
foirsaid And the saidis buttereis tobe compleit endit as thai ar
now foundit And the north turneqres in the west pairt of the north
sydevall thairof tobe tane avay And the said north vall to ryse xvj
futtis of heicht as it is foundit rouch werk with corbell and
walter tabill on the vther pairt thairof for ane closter and fra
thine vp effeirand to the heicht of the said queir aislar werk And
the said queir tobe compleitlie pendit with croce brace and rinruif
conforme to Sanct Anthonis Yle in Sanct Gelis Kirk And at the west
end of the said queir forgane the south west buttreis to rais ane
substantious wall of rouch werk sevin fut of breid fra ilk sydewall
with ane brace to be raisit tharein als heych as it may be had to
serue the west gavil of the queir with hewin oggeruris And abone
the said brace in the forsaid west gavill sulyeis tobe laid and ane
stepil tobe raisit tharepoun viij futis of breid and lenth or vj
futis braid and xij futis lenth within the sidwallis of the said
stepill quhilk sidwallis salbe of vj futis of heich abone the queir
thak at all partys with lychtis at all partis for the sound of the
bellis in the said stepill to be persit for the orlage hand and
bell in place maist gagand and convenient tharto And in the northe
angell betuix the foresaid wall vnder the grete brace and northe
wall of the kirk syd to rais ane commodious turngreis to serue the
rud loft of the said kirk and stepill foresaid als esaly as it may
be had Item to big ane kirk on the west pair(t) of the said queir
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