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
with that of the south transept--the great window having double splays
on the outer ingoing, and tracery, mullions, and transome similar to
those of the south window. The angle buttresses and pinnacles, and
parapet with corbel course, enriched with rosettes and gargoyles, all
correspond at both ends of the transepts.
The upper part of the north side of the choir is also seen in this
sketch. It had a plain parapet with bold gargoyles, and in each bay
[Illustration: FIG. 1019.--Trinity College Church.
Window Jamb.]
a moulded window in which the original tracery was preserved. This
showed a central mullion with quatrefoil in the arch-head, and the
smaller arches foiled or cusped. The buttress at the sacristy was well
preserved. The pinnacle was apparently original and of good design. On
the front of the buttress a small additional pinnacle was introduced,
which would give considerable character to the design. Fig. 1018 shows
that the same arrangement was evidently adopted in the corresponding
buttress on the south side. The arches of the flying buttresses are also
visible in the sketches of both sides of the church. The roof of the
north aisle seems to have been covered with stone slabs.[53]
A building 17 feet in length by 16 feet in width internally projected
from the north wall. It is sometimes called the chapter house, but was
more likely the sacristy. It had a round-headed doorway opening into the
north aisle (Fig. 1022), a good window to the east, and a smaller
square-headed window to the west. There are two ambries in the west and
north walls, a fireplace in the north wall, and a squint window in the
south-east angle commanding a view of the high altar. At the north-east
angle there was a buttress with a pinnacle, and at the north-west angle
(see Fig. 1021) an octagonal projection, which, doubtless, contained a
wheel stair to an upper floor, the window of which is seen in the
sketch. The roof was covered with stone slabs, and a chimney with
battlement ornament crowned the north gable. The fireplace of the
sacristy is said to have comprised a fine specimen of a Gothic chimney.
Fig. 1023 shows the interior of the south transept. The transept had no
aisles or chapels. The main arches of the crossing spring from clustered
responds against the walls with carved caps, and the groined vaulting of
the transept--which was similar to that of the choir--with its numerous
moulded ribs enriched with bosses, is seen springing from wall shafts
and corbels. The south window, with its mullions and
[Illustration: FIG. 1020.--Trinity College Church. South Porch and South
Transept.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1021.--Trinity College Church. North Transept and
North Side of Choir.]
tracery, is also well shown. A small circular window, with eight bold
cusps, was inserted within the western wall arch.
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