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
The east wall (Fig. 1367), on which is the belfry, is almost entire, as
is also the greater part of the west wall and the south wall (Fig.
1368). The north wall is pretty well preserved at the east end, as well
as the chapel and north archway (Fig. 1369). At the west end the north
wall is very fragmentary.
[Illustration: FIG. 1367.--Kirkbryde Church. East Elevation.]
The doorway in the south wall has a pointed arch cut out of two stones
(see Fig. 1368). There are three windows on the south side of
[Illustration: FIG. 1368.--Kirkbryde Church. South Elevation.]
the church (see Fig. 1368). One of them is entire, and has a pointed
arch cut out of two stones. A kind of shoulder is wrought on the
[Illustration: FIG. 1369.--Kirkbride Church. View from North-West.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1370.--Kirkbride Church.
Window in South Wall.]
stone above the arch (Fig. 1370). The east window is square lintelled,
and is provided with strong iron bars. There are no windows in the north
wall.
The masonry of the north chapel is of a better kind than that of the
main building. The opening arch is about 7 feet 2 inches wide, and is
entirely plain, without even a splay on the edge.
ST. CUTHBERT’S, MOFFAT, DUMFRIESSHIRE.
On a hill on the opposite side of the River Annan from the town of
Moffat stand the small remains of St. Cuthbert’s Church.
The building is believed to have been originally erected by the Knights
Templars, who had considerable possessions in this locality. All that
now remains of the structure is a portion of what appears to have been
the west wall, containing parts of a pointed window (Fig. 1371), which
has been divided into three lights by two mullions, one of which, and
one arch and half of another, only remain. The three lights had sharply
pointed openings, and the principal arch had two splays on its ingoing.
The design might belong to almost any period of Gothic, but the form
adopted was common in late work.
The east wall of the church appears to have been made available as part
of a farmhouse, and its features are quite obliterated. Considerable
foundations of other structures are observable in the grassy mounds
scattered around.
[Illustration: FIG. 1371.--St. Cuthbert’s, Moffat.]
SANQUHAR CHURCH, DUMFRIESSHIRE.
The old church of Sanquhar was demolished in 1827, and the present
church was built partly on its site, as indicated by the dotted lines
shown
[Illustration: FIG. 1372.--Sanquhar Church. Plan.]
on the Plan (Fig. 1372). In 1895 Lord Bute had excavations made, which
partly revealed the Plan now submitted.[173]
The position of the east wall was thus determined, as likewise that of
the east end of the north wall with one buttress, and considerable
portions of the south wall throughout its whole length, with indications
of three buttresses and the return of the west wall at the south-west
[Illustration: FIG. 1373.--Sanquhar Church.
Effigy.]
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