enriched arch (see [Fig. 254.]). The arch has two orders carved with chevron ornaments and a hood mould with faceted enrichment. The shafts and caps are similar to those of the chancel arch. The apse is vaulted like a single square bay, with boldly moulded groin-ribs springing from large corbels carved with grotesque heads ([Figs. 256] and [257]). The wall is of
Fig. 254.—Dalmeny Church. View of Apse from Chancel.
plain ashlar, and the apse is lighted by three plain window openings ([Fig. 258]), the central one of which has been enlarged.
The exterior of the church ([Fig. 259]) is built with the usual cubic ashlar of the period. All the windows in the building ([Fig. 260]) have a single pair of shafts with cushion or carved caps, and an arch, of one order, carved with chevron ornament, and a hood mould enriched with faceted patterns. The choir and apse have a boldly projected cornice supported on corbels carved with grotesque heads. The choir has the side walls carried up in the form of a parapet above the cornice, having evidently been raised at some period to the same height externally as the nave. A string course runs round the building immediately below the windows, of which it forms the sills. It is enriched with a carved floral pattern.
The doorway ([Fig. 261]) is placed in a projecting part of the south wall, and is surmounted by an arcade of interlacing arches, with corbel course above, carved with grotesque heads.
The doorway has two nook shafts on each side, the outer one round
