Fig. 1164.—The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott. Corbel and Canopy on Buttress.
From the Register of the Great Seal of date 30th May 1505, it appears that the chapel was then endowed by Robert Arbuthnott, “James Sybbald, Vicar of Arbuthnott,” being one of the witnesses. Sir Robert died in 1506, and the vicar in the year following.
The building adjoining the church, seen in Fig. [1158], is the old manse.
THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF CRICHTON, Mid-Lothian.
This edifice stands on the south side of the valley where the river Tyne takes its rise, about four miles from Tynehead Railway Station. It is seen from the railway, together with Crichton Castle, from which it is only about a quarter of a mile distant.
The building is still in use as the parish church. It consists (Fig. [1165]) of a chancel, measuring internally about 44 feet from east to west by about 24 feet 10 inches in width, a central tower about 24 feet square,
Fig. 1165.—The Collegiate Church of Crichton. Plan.
and north and south transepts, the total length of which, from north to south, is about 70 feet. The north wall of the nave is erected for a length of about 16 feet, but of the south wall only a few feet have been built.