Fig. 435.—Lasswade Church. South Elevation.
to have it strengthened the tower fell. The accompanying drawings were made before that event.
The tower ([Fig. 434]) was three stories in height, besides the gables of the saddle roof which crowned it. The entrance to the tower was from the inside of the church by a round-headed doorway (see East Elevation), with simple impost and plain arch with hood moulding. Above this was a large round-arched opening into the roof of the church. The two lower stories had narrow pointed windows. The top story had double-pointed lights, with central mullion in each face. This story had an enriched cornice, above which rose the east and west gables, each with a small round-headed window. A door had been knocked into the tower on the south side ([Fig. 435]), which, doubtless, helped to weaken it.
In a portion of the south wall of the church, near the tower, there was preserved an original doorway (see [Fig. 435.]) about 5 feet 6 inches wide. It resembled that to the tower in design, having plain jambs, with a string course forming the imposts, and a plain round arch above, enclosed with a hood moulding. All the above features seem to point to the structure being one of the first half of the thirteenth century.
Annexed is a sketch of the effigy of a knight in armour ([Fig. 436]), which is lying in the churchyard. There is no record of the knight’s name.
Fig. 436.—Effigy in Churchyard.