The interior of the porch is roofed with pointed barrel vaulting, having ribs springing from carved corbels. The door to the church is square headed and is surmounted by a niche, which formerly contained a statue of the Blessed Virgin.
The interior of the church (Fig. [1193]) is very plain. The tower is supported on arches at the crossing, which spring from attached piers with moulded caps. The space over the crossing is vaulted with groins, having a circular boss in the centre. The tower (see Fig. [1188]) is carried up with plain walls to two stories above the roof, and has in the upper
Fig. 1191.—St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. View from North-West.
part or belfry a window on each side, with central mullion, now much decayed by the weather. A stair turret (Fig. [1194]) is attached to the north-west angle of the tower, and enters from the exterior. The north wall of the nave has been altered at the point adjoining the tower.
At a distance of about 100 yards north from the church stands a plain
Fig. 1192.—St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. South-West Porch.
building (Fig. [1195]), which is believed to have been the tithe barn of the parish. It is situated on the edge of a rocky ridge which slopes steeply