The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1284. -Penoaitlaud Tower. Fig. 1285.—Pencaitland to the Steveuston Aisle. cessiveJy ministered at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Prestonpans. Themonument seen on the west gable of the church was erected by to the memory of his wife. On the north-west side of the church an aisle was erected by Sir JohnSinclair of Stevenston (a proprietor and elder in the parish) about thesame time as the tower was built. The entrance doorway to this aisle,with Sir Johns initial
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1284. -Penoaitlaud Tower. Fig. 1285.—Pencaitland to the Steveuston Aisle. cessiveJy ministered at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Prestonpans. Themonument seen on the west gable of the church was erected by to the memory of his wife. On the north-west side of the church an aisle was erected by Sir JohnSinclair of Stevenston (a proprietor and elder in the parish) about thesame time as the tower was built. The entrance doorway to this aisle,with Sir Johns initials over it (Fig. 1285), is a characteristic exampleof the architecture of the period, and bears a considerable resemblance FOURTH PERIOD 170 — PENCAITLAND CHURCH to mucli of the work to be found at Wiiitou House, in the immediateneighbourhood. Tlie main body of the church is believed to have been built soon after1560. The west buttress of this part, sliowu in detail in Fig. 1286, con-
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