Fig. 1202.—Mid-Calder Church. Pinnacles on Sacristy.
bond, and the three south windows are introduced between them. The north wall is carried up with rough masonry, and without any windows or openings, and has the water table and corbels prescribed as suitable for the roof of a cloister walk along that side (see Fig. [1201]). The choir roof has been intended to be vaulted and the lower courses of the springing are built, but the vault was never completed. The springings show that the vault was intended to be groined. It is specified to have a “cross brace and rinruif,” like a chapel in St. Giles’ Church, but the meaning of these terms is not definite.
At the west end of the choir a very thick wall is built on each side, with a pointed arch between (described as a brace) to support the belfry,
Fig. 1203.—Mid-Calder Church. Terminations of Labels.
which is minutely specified. The latter, however, was not executed till recently. The lower part, however, above the roof was built, and the modern belfry has been carried up upon it. In the north pier is a “turngreis” or wheel stair described as leading to the rood loft, but in reality it now leads to the family gallery and to the lower part of the belfry (see Fig. [1201]). A proposed nave is also minutely described. It was to be 80 feet in length and 28 feet in width, to have four buttresses on each side of ashlar work, and four windows in the south wall, 10 feet
Fig. 1204. Mid-Calder Church. Arms on Corbels supporting Rood Loft.