Fig. 617.—Maison Dieu. Plan.
The part of the chapel which still survives stands in a back lane in the centre of the town of Brechin, and consists of a portion of the south wall and a small piece of the east wall ([Fig. 617]). The sketches show that the work is in the first pointed style, and is simple and pure in character. The south wall ([Fig. 618]), which bounds the lane on one side, is about 40 feet in length, and contains a doorway, with a nook shaft in each jamb, and good mouldings in the arch ([Fig. 619]). It also contains three lancet windows and one jamb of a fourth. The fragment of the east wall terminates at the jamb of the first window. The mouldings
Fig. 618.—Maison Dieu. South Wall: Exterior.
| Fig. 619.—Maison Dieu. Section of Doorway. | Fig. 620.—Maison Dieu. Section of Window. |
and other details of the windows are plain, but effective, the sconsion mouldings being unusually fine ([Figs. 620] and [621]). There is a piscina in the south wall with a stone shelf, but the details are a good deal damaged.