Fig. 473.—Arbroath Abbey. Interior of South Transept.
be of a temporary nature. The transepts had chapels on the east side. The respond of the great arcade against the south wall (see [Fig. 474]) is beautiful in detail. Above this there exist fragments of the responds of
Fig. 474.—Arbroath Abbey. South-East Angle of South Transept.
the triforium story and the clerestory. All the above features of this part of the abbey point plainly to its having some lingering remains of transition style, retaining as it does some round arches along with the general pointed features of the design.
The sacristy or vestry was built by Abbot Walter Paniter between 1411 and 1433. It is a two story building, the ground floor having a groined ceiling still entire, but the upper room being roofless. Externally, this structure is severe and simple in style (see [Fig. 463]), while in the interior there is considerable richness of ornament, with details of a somewhat rude kind. It contains many features which identify it as work of the fifteenth century, such, for example, as the caps of the shafts of the doorway ([Fig. 475]). The sacristy is in a good state of preservation.
