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
nixt the said brace contenand in lenthe iiijxx of futis and xxviij
futis braid within the wallis respectiue of rouche werk And the
wallis thairof to be foure futis thik and xxvj futis heych fra the
sole of the durris to the vuir part of the watter tabill of syd
wallis with foure buttreis one ilk syd of the said kirk eslar werk
efferand to the queir and four lycht to be biggit in the southsyd
wall of the said kirk of x futis of wydnes and als heych as thai
may be had squair lintalit efferand to the said heicht And in the
southe wall of the said kirk betuix the twa buttreis to be biggit
ane honest dur with ane plain proche with sege stabill on ilk syd
thikyt with thak stane and ane honest dur in the west gavill of the
said kirk with ane lycht abone the samen in myd gavill xij futis of
breid rysand of heich in poyntcast als heich as it may be had
efferand to the heycht of the gavill with sufficient mygallis in
all the lychtis of the said kirk and queir with plane substantious
cornettis of stane or irne quhilk salbe thocht maist gainand in the
lychtis raisit of poyntcast And to put in ilk lycht of the wyndois
grete lokartis of irne for binding of glas thareto And inlikuiss to
put grete crukis in the said kirk durrys as efferis And the said
haill kirk to be pendyt and weill thekyt with thak stane and the
watter tabill of the sidwallis of the said kirk and queir to be
larg of sulye betuix buttreis and buttereis and in ane caisment
hevin for leid to be lad thairin to schout the watter by the
wyndowis of the said kirk and queir to the angellis next the
buttreis And ilk buttere of the foirsaid kirk and queir to haif ane
honeste fiall And the alter of the queir tobe biggit of aislar werk
and the haill queir tobe weill pathit with greis befoir the said
alter and vther wayis as efferis with tua halie wattir fattis weill
hewin to the said kirk and queir And the foirsaidis kirk and queir
to be biggit and completit in maner foirsaid That is to say the
said queir within the space of thre yeris nixt efter the dait herof
And the said kirk within the space of vthair thre yeris nixt and
immediatlie thairefter.” Following on this, John Sandilands,
already mentioned, binds himself to give a “Charter and
infeftment,” securing to the chaplain the sum “of xx merkis money”
annually.
[Illustration: FIG. 1199.--Mid-Calder Church. Plan.]
The actual building (Fig. 1199) consists of a choir with tripartite apse
having a sacristy or vestry to the east, and it has been carried out, so
far as completed, very much in terms of the foregoing bond.
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