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. 1060.--Torphichen Church. Plan.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1061.--Torphichen Church. View from South-East.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1062.--Torphichen Church. View from South-West.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1063.--Torphichen Church. Transept, looking South.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1064.--Torphichen Church. Recess for Monument in
North Transept.]
Fig. 1063 is a general view of the transept looking towards the south,
and shows the recess for a tomb under the south window. Fig. 1064 is
[Illustration: FIG. 1065.--Torphichen Church. Doorway at North-West
Angle of Transept.]
an enlarged view of this tomb recess; the centre stone of the ogee arch
has dropped slightly, owing to a failure in the walls at the south-east
corner. The piscina alongside has a neatly constructed square basin.
Fig. 1065 shows the outside of an angular headed doorway near the
north-west corner of the transept. The doorway with the projecting hood,
seen alongside, leads into the staircase giving access to the house.
Measured drawings of these two last subjects were given in the account
already referred to.
ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL, EDINBURGH.
This edifice occupies a very picturesque situation on the summit of a
crag in the bosom of Arthur’s Seat, not far above the base of the hill.
Immediately to the north and west of the walls the ground descends in an
abrupt and precipitous manner, and to the south the surface, which
gradually rises, is rough and rocky (Fig. 1066); while on the east a
huge wall of rock towers high above the building, completely hemming it
in on that side.
Only the north wall of the chapel and the returns of the west and east
walls remain, together with the foundations of the south wall, enough,
however, to enable it to be determined fairly well what the completed
building was like. In the drawings (Fig. 1067) the indications existing
are completed and restored, so as to give a better idea of what the
structure was like than can be done by description alone. The present
condition of the edifice is shown in the ground Plan, section from east
to west and north elevation (Fig. 1068), and in the general view from
south-east (Fig. 1069). The building measures on the outside 43 feet in
length by 18 feet 3 inches in width, but the internal dimensions of the
chapel proper (see Plan) are only 32 feet 9 inches by 12 feet.
The chapel (see Fig. 1068) was divided into three bays by a vaulted and
groined ceiling, portions of the ribs of which, with their corbel
supports, still exist in the north wall. The height of the vaulting at
the wall is about 14 feet.
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