Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . TRANSVERSE SECTION 10 O 10 Hill I+H44—??—^—i—- 20 mi Fig. 35.—Coldingham Priory (No. 74). the lancet windows, having angle-shafts with bands, carved caps,and moulded bases decorated with a ball ornament on the lowestmember resting upon a stepped string-course. Between each windowis a flat pilaster-like buttress, characteristic of Norman and Transi-tional work. On the north wall in the third bay from the eastend is an arched niche 12f inches in width and 1 foot 1 inch inheight, the sill of which is some 7 feet
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . TRANSVERSE SECTION 10 O 10 Hill I+H44—??—^—i—- 20 mi Fig. 35.—Coldingham Priory (No. 74). the lancet windows, having angle-shafts with bands, carved caps,and moulded bases decorated with a ball ornament on the lowestmember resting upon a stepped string-course. Between each windowis a flat pilaster-like buttress, characteristic of Norman and Transi-tional work. On the north wall in the third bay from the eastend is an arched niche 12f inches in width and 1 foot 1 inch inheight, the sill of which is some 7 feet above ground level. The 38 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Coldingham. eastern arris of the adjacent buttress is stop-chamfered. Whatpurpose this niche served is obscure. Each lower division containsa double-arched arcade of semicircular form, springing from slendershafts having incurved capitals with delicately moulded abaci andbases. The latter rest upon corbels projecting from a string-course. 10 H 0 I I I I I EAST ELEVATIONIP ilO rm Fig. 37.—Coldingham Priory (No. 74). which, with a base-course, is continued around the walls. The samedesign is carried round the east end of the choir (fig. 38) and alongthe whole of the north wall, excepting the two westmost bays, whereit has been broken off to make way for arcading in the transeptalchapel of 13th-century date. The general form of the earlier arcadingand the employment of the chevron enrichment on the east wall arecharacteristic of late Norman work, but the delicate proportions ofthe mouldings indicate the Transitional Period, which is further de- Ancient and Historical Monuments—County of Berwick.
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