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
of foliage introduced are very peculiar. The bases also recall some of
the above buildings. There is no triforium, and the clerestory windows,
which are round-headed, are brought down to the string course
immediately over
[Illustration: FIG. 1250.--Stirling Parish Church.
South-East Corner of St. Andrew’s Chapel.]
the arches of the main arcade.
At the north-west corner of the church there was a small chapel (now
removed), with a wide opening into the church. It had a vaulted roof,
which abutted against the clerestory. Half buried in the ruins of this
chapel is the recess of what appears to have been a piscina. The chapel
is called Queen Margaret’s, and is supposed to have been built by James
IV. in honour of his queen.
Another chapel dedicated to St. Andrew, at the north-east end of the
nave, is still entire. This chapel (Fig. 1248), which till within the
last
[Illustration: FIG. 1251.--Stirling Parish Church.
North Window of St. Andrew’s Chapel.]
few months was private property, has been handed over to the keeping of
the authorities of Stirling, and is now, for the first time for many
years, if not centuries, made accessible to the public, so that drawings
of the interior can now be made. The partition which closed the access
to the chapel from the church still remains, and a door which was cut
through the east wall at the time the partition was put up is still in
use, but these alterations are not shown on the Plan (Fig. 1248).[129]
The chapel measures about 15 feet 9 inches in length, and has a width of
about 12 feet from the north wall. Its height from the original floor
to the apex of the roof is about 15 feet 8 inches. It enters from the
church by a round
[Illustration: FIG. 1252.--Stirling Parish Church. Section of North
Window of St. Andrew’s Chapel.]
arched opening about 10 feet wide (Fig. 1249), with splayed and notched
jambs and arch, the jambs having a very simple moulded cap (Fig. 1250).
[Illustration: FIG. 1253.--Stirling Parish Church. Details of St.
Andrew’s Chapel.]
This opening is not in the centre of the chapel. There are a north and a
west window. The former (Fig. 1251) is pointed, and is divided by
mullions into three lights, and retains the original tracery. Fig. 1252
shows the section of the mouldings of the arch and jambs. The window
[Illustration:
Durham of Mollet. Durham and Murray.
FIG. 1254.--Stirling Parish Church. Arms in St. Andrew’s Chapel.]
in the west wall is square lintelled, and has a straight sconsion arch
(see Fig. 1249). This chapel exhibits, in small space, three methods of
[Illustration: FIG. 1255.--Stirling Parish Church.
Founder’s Arms in St. Andrew’s Chapel.]
covering an opening, the architect being apparently indifferent as to
which was used, so that it served the purpose.
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