The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . of the south wall another door occurs, which, judging from a portion of the outer jamb which remains, seems to be of an earlier date, and of a more elaborate design than the work generally throughout the church. But the south wall has been cut and caived in such a manner as to render it extremely diificult to make out what it originally was. The church was probably stripped of its ornamental features at the Reformation, and adapted for Presbyterian worship, and continued to be used as the parish
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . of the south wall another door occurs, which, judging from a portion of the outer jamb which remains, seems to be of an earlier date, and of a more elaborate design than the work generally throughout the church. But the south wall has been cut and caived in such a manner as to render it extremely diificult to make out what it originally was. The church was probably stripped of its ornamental features at the Reformation, and adapted for Presbyterian worship, and continued to be used as the parish church till some time in this century. Tombstones have been built into the walls, eftncing the older V. K FOURTH PERIOD 146 DYSART CHURCH features, and in the south-east corner a tomb-house has been constructed,measuring 37 feet by 18 feet from the walls, most of, if not all, the materialsfor which have been taken from the church. It can be clearly made out,however, that the side windows of the church have been widely splayed,and have had horizontal arched heads similar to those which formerly. Fig. 1261.—Dysart Church. View from South-West. existed in the now destroyed nave of the church of the Carmelite Friarsat South Queensferry, and of which one specimen exists in the south transeptof that church. The west gable of the nave is entire, but the tracery is gone from itspointed window; and of the window in the east gable only the lower partof the south jamb now exists. The pillars of the nave arcades remain DYSART CHURCH 147 FOURTH PERIOD n—n—a a fl_j3 n n n-
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