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 masonry of the ruin is of fine ashlar, in regular courses.
LYNE CHURCH, PEEBLESSHIRE.
This building, which is still used as the parish church, is situated on
the Lyne Water, near the Tweed, about three miles above Peebles. It
stands on the summit of a mound, which is occupied as the churchyard.
[Illustration: FIG. 1571.--Lyne Church. Plan.]
The building (Fig. 1571) is a tiny one, measuring internally only about
34 feet by 11 feet. The windows and doorway are on the
[Illustration: FIG. 1572.--Lyne Church. View from South-East.]
south side (Fig. 1572) and in each gable, there being no opening in the
north wall. The windows have simple tracery of a late type, and the
jambs have backfillets (a late feature) round the openings. There are
angle buttresses at the west end, and a modern belfry on the apex of the
west gable.
[Illustration: FIG. 1573.--Lyne Church. Pulpit.]
Some good fragments of old woodwork survive in the church, particularly
a pulpit (Fig. 1573), which, it is usually stated, was made in Holland.
Lyne is distant from the sea and must have been difficult of access; for
which reason, amongst others, we doubt whether there is any truth in the
tradition. The pulpit, which is circular in plan, is quite simple in
design, and its construction would not present a formidable task to a
Scottish country wright, judging by other examples of woodwork made in
Scotland about this time. Some of the other woodwork bears the date
1644, and one of the pews, now removed, was dated 1606.[245] The church
has been frequently repaired, which accounts for the loss of such
examples.
“The district was, in the twelfth century, a chapelry dependent on
Stobo.”[246] Robert, the chaplain of Lyne, is a witness to a charter in
the Register of Glasgow, between 1208 and 1213; but of the early church
then existing nothing now remains, the present structure probably dating
from the beginning of the seventeenth century.
MORHAM CHURCH, HADDINGTONSHIRE.
A retired parish church about four miles east from Haddington. It is
stated to have been built in 1724, but some portions of ornamental
carving built into the south wall (Fig. 1574) would seem to indicate
that they had formed part of an earlier structure.
[Illustration: FIG. 1574.--Morham Church. Fragment built into South
Wall.]
The only architectural feature connected with the church is the
elevation of the north wing or aisle (Fig. 1575), which, although it
corresponds well with the date of the building, is in a somewhat unusual
style for a Scottish church of the period.
[Illustration: FIG. 1575.--Morham Church. North Aisle.]
CHURCH OF ST. FIACRE OR FITTACK, NIGG, KINCARDINESHIRE.
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