Fig. 324.—Kelso Abbey. Caps and Enrichments of Arcade.
The style of the caps of the arcade on the ground floor ([Fig. 324]) is somewhat florid and unusual. The interlacing arches are also in some places much carved and ornamented, and some portions are wonderfully well preserved.
A recess for a tomb is seen in the south wall of the transept (see [Fig. 312.]), and in the recess beneath there are two ambries or lockers and a piscina, the only one remaining in the building.
To the south of the transept there is a vaulted chamber, 26 feet long by 10 feet 6 inches wide, which may have been the sacristy. It has a wide entrance from the west, and an arcade with detached shafts and round arches has run along each side. There has been a window at the east end, and in the north-east angle a passage leading at a doorway to the exterior, and also probably into the church.
ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH, Haddington.
This ruined structure stands on a slightly-elevated site at the east end of the Nungate, a suburb of the town of Haddington, on the right bank of the Tyne. The Nungate is joined to the town by an ancient bridge of three wide arches and two smaller ones. St. Martin’s belonged to the Abbey or Nunnery of Haddington, which was situated about one mile to the east of the town. The nunnery was founded in 1178 by Ada, Countess of Northumberland, widow of Prince Henry (son of David I.), and mother of Malcolm IV. and William the Lion. The abbey is now entirely demolished, and not a stone of it remains. St.
Fig. 325.—St. Martin’s, Haddington. Plan.
Fig. 325.—St. Martin’s, Haddington. Plan.