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
[Illustration: FIG. 1260.--Tullibardine Church. Plan.]
a massive and substantial appearance to the otherwise well designed
windows.
The other windows are simple and such as are found in castles and minor
churches. That adjoining the entrance to the south transept is
interesting from having its sconsion arch (Fig. 1265) neatly constructed
so as to die away upon the splay. In the west gable there are two narrow
windows. The lintels of these, instead of being level, lie at the same
angle as the slope of the gable, and just a little below it (Fig. 1266).
A similar kind of window may be observed at Dunblane at the east end of
the room over the north aisle of the choir. The transepts each open from
the church by a segmental arch (see Fig. 1265), springing from splayed
[Illustration: FIG. 1261.--Tullibardine Church. South Doorway.]
responds, having moulded bases and caps (Fig. 1267). From the floor to
the top of the caps measures 8 feet 2 inches, and the arch has a rise
of 2 feet 10 inches, in a width of 11 feet 9½ inches. It is difficult
to say how the roof at this part was finished originally. The present
roof at the east end is of considerable antiquity, having timbers about
6 inches square, but the part resting on the transept arch is
comparatively modern. That it was not finished as it is now is almost
certain, as there appears to have been a gable over the arch, separating
the transept roofs from the main roof.
There are several ambries in the church. The one at the east end of the
south wall is handsome (Fig. 1268), having a pointed ogee arched
[Illustration: FIG. 1262.--Tullibardine Church. View from South-East.]
head, with bead and hollow mouldings and bases wrought in the hollows.
In the east jamb of the south transept arch (see Plan and Fig. 1265)
there is a narrow arched recess about 6½ inches wide by 3½ inches in
depth.
The east end of the church appears to have been covered with tapestry,
as the laths for attaching it to are still in position on the walls. At
the west wall and the end walls of the transepts the pieces securing the
feet of the rafters are brought down the walls flush with the face, and
would also afford facilities for hanging tapestry.
A peculiar feature of the church is the rise of the floor at the west
end by two steps. The steps appear to be original, and may possibly be
in connection with a burial vault beneath.
In the exterior of the north wall of the transept (see Fig. 1263) are
inserted two shields. The one over the doorway (Fig. 1269) contains the
arms of Murray of Tullibardine--three stars within a double tressure,
[Illustration: FIG. 1263.--Tullibardine Church. North Transept.]
flowered and counter-flowered. The other contains the arms of Sir
William Murray of Tullibardine (son of Sir David, the founder of the
College) impaled with those of his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John
Colquhoun of Luss. On the skew stones (Fig. 1270), which are peculiarly
shaped, the star is frequently wrought.
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