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
pointed window yet exists in the north wall, but in the south wall the
windows have been enlarged. The west wall (Fig. 1375) has been rebuilt
or heightened, and a belfry of Renaissance style erected upon it. A
round-headed doorway has been inserted in each of the north and south
walls, and the round arch of the south door now stands detached. A south
porch has also been added (see Fig. 1375) with a stone seat on each
side, and having a round-headed entrance with large bead on jambs and
arch. Two small windows near the ground at the west end seem to
indicate that there has been a gallery above them at that end. The
church is now disused, but still stands in the old churchyard, and is
greatly covered with ivy.
[Illustration: FIG. 1375.--Carnock Church. View from South-West.]
John Row, the ecclesiastical historian, was minister of this parish from
1592 to 1646. It is situated about three miles west from Dunfermline.
DYSART CHURCH, FIFESHIRE.
This church has already been illustrated and described at length;[175]
but as it is a building of considerable importance, it is introduced
here in order to illustrate some points not formerly brought out. The
edifice is a long parallelogram, with central avenue and north and south
aisles, and is fairly entire along its whole length, except the outer
wall of the north aisle. It has a lofty pele-like tower quite entire at
the west end of the south aisle (Fig. 1376), which enters from the
interior of the church by a doorway about 10 feet above the floor.
The tower is strong and quite capable of resisting a considerable
attack. The main arcade is supported chiefly on round pillars, but at
intervals the piers may be described as portions of the wall, as they
[Illustration: FIG. 1376.--Dysart Church. View from North-East.]
extend to five feet and even 9 feet in length, and have rounded ends
corresponding to the intermediate pillars. The pillars at the east end
are gone, but there were probably seven bays in the whole internal
length of 135 feet. The tower occupies one bay at the west end of the
surviving bays. Only the bay adjoining the tower on the south
[Illustration: FIG. 1377.--Dysart Church. South and East Side of Tower.]
side and the two bays opposite on the north side now remain (see Fig.
1376). The centre pillar on the north side is low, and supports lofty
pointed arches. The second piers from the west are the large ones
already described. Their caps are, as will be seen, at different
levels, being higher on the east side than the west. The arcade to the
eastwards may thus have been round arched, at all events the arches were
not so acutely pointed as the western ones. The corbels for supporting
the rafters of
[Illustration: FIG. 1378.--Dysart Church.
Niche on South Porch.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1379.--Dysart Church.
Cap in North Aisle.]
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