Fig. 1189.—St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. Buttress and Window in Choir.
in each of which is a traceried window, the cusping of which is peculiar. The forms of the buttresses and tracery are shown in Fig. [1189]. The east end has a small circular quatrefoiled window set high in the wall (Fig. [1190]), over which is a panel containing a shield bearing a fessé with a crozier behind it, probably the arms of Abbot Crawford of Holyrood (1460-1483).
The west end (Fig. [1191]) and the south transept have been rebuilt.
The south-west porch (Fig. [1192]) is one of the most striking features
Fig. 1190.—St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. East Gable.
of the structure. It measures 13 feet wide by 9 feet deep internally, and has a stone bench on each side. The entrance is by an open archway, with clustered shafts, having enriched caps from which spring the bold mouldings of the arch. At each of the outer angles of the porch is a diagonal buttress having a niche on the inner face, and finished on the top with crocketed pinnacles. Over the doorway there is a panel with small buttresses at the jambs, and canopied head with scroll ornament over.