The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1287.—Pencaitland Chuich. Sundials on East Gable and Tower. PRESTONPANS CHURCH,* Haddingtonshire. The body of this church was erected m 1774, and is a building of nogeneral interest whatever; but it occupies the site of an older church, ofwhich, as we shall see, parts still remain. As will be observed from theView (Fig. 1288), there are two transept-like buildings on the south side, We have to express our thanks to Mr. J. Fowler Hislop for assistance m theoreparation of the following notice
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1287.—Pencaitland Chuich. Sundials on East Gable and Tower. PRESTONPANS CHURCH,* Haddingtonshire. The body of this church was erected m 1774, and is a building of nogeneral interest whatever; but it occupies the site of an older church, ofwhich, as we shall see, parts still remain. As will be observed from theView (Fig. 1288), there are two transept-like buildings on the south side, We have to express our thanks to Mr. J. Fowler Hislop for assistance m theoreparation of the following notice. FOURTH PERIOD — 172 — PRESTONPANS CHURCH of the church. The eastmost contains in the upper part the Prestongrangepew, with the family burial vault beneath. On the gable is affixed amonument to the memory of Lord Prestongrange, who was Lord Advo-cate in 1745. The western transept, which is the older of the two, appearsto have been added as a porch to the church which preceded the present. Fig. 1288.—Prestonpans Church. View trom South-West. building. A part of the south wall of this older church, against whichthe porch abuts, still exists, and contains the old south-west doorway,with a round-arched top. As this is built up and partly concealed, onlya large beaded moulding on the jambs and the springing can be entrance to this porch is a wide square-headed doorway of seven-teenth century design. The upper part of the porch contains a small PRESTONPANS CHURCH 173 FOURTH PERIOD room or vestry, and a dial on tlie south-west corner, which is illustratedfurther on in this volume. The tower and portions of the west gable are undoubtedly of consider-able antiquity. The wall is harled at present, but where this has peeledoff it reveals good ashlar masonry, which must have braved several cen-turies. The slated steeple is of much later construction, and, althoughnot beautiful, is of considerable interest, as it was from its louvred open-ings that Dr. Carlyle and his fa
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