Rutherfurd's border hand-book : being a guide to the remarkable places, picturesque scenery, and antiquities of the border ; illustrated with numerous engravings on steel, and a map of the district . ary to the general practicein building upon that model, the head of the cross is turnedtowards the west, and the longest limb to the east. The onlyparts which are still tolerably entire are the western limb, (orhead of the cross), which contains, among other features, a seg-ment of a magnificent archway; the central tower, rising overthe intersection of the cross, of which the north and west sides
Rutherfurd's border hand-book : being a guide to the remarkable places, picturesque scenery, and antiquities of the border ; illustrated with numerous engravings on steel, and a map of the district . ary to the general practicein building upon that model, the head of the cross is turnedtowards the west, and the longest limb to the east. The onlyparts which are still tolerably entire are the western limb, (orhead of the cross), which contains, among other features, a seg-ment of a magnificent archway; the central tower, rising overthe intersection of the cross, of which the north and west sidesremain; and the walls of the transepts, with the northern entranceto this portion of the church. Of the choir, which seems tohave consisted, when entire, of three divisions, a centre aisle, andtwo side aisles, all that now remains is one of the walls whichupheld the main roof, and separated the main aisle from thesouthern side aisle. This wall rests upon two arches with piers,and the superincumbent structure has within its thickness twotiers of galleries, one over the other, opening to the interior bya series of small round arches. Of the general effect of the whole ruin, whether as an archi-. o EC 1 rn1 M © 1 1 08 ^ o w > KELSO—ABBEY. 61 tectural pile, or as an object in the landscape, no descriptioncan convey an adequate idea. Distinguished alike by its greatheight, its unity of parts, its massiveness, and its inornate sim-plicity, it produces on the spectator, especially when viewedfrom the west, south, or east, a distinctness and oneness of im-pression rarely communicated by other than entire and compactfabrics; and it possesses, in common with all objects which areat once vast, simple, and symmetrical, the charm of gaining onour admiration, the oftener and longer it is contemplated. Itsdimensions are as under:—Total length of ruin, from west toeast, 99 feet; length of transept within the walls, 71 feet;breadth of ditto, 23 feet; height of central tower, 91 feet;bre
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