Founder’s Arms in St. Andrew’s Chapel.
covering an opening, the architect being apparently indifferent as to which was used, so that it served the purpose.
The chapel is groined in the ordinary manner, the masonry being, as usual, very fine. The ribs are all of the same general section (Fig. [1253], A A), but each set is slightly different in size, the diagonals being the largest. There are no wall ribs. The details of the carved bosses at the intersections are shown in Fig. [1253], B. A stone bench runs
Fig. 1256.—Stirling Parish Church.
Arms and Initials in St. Andrew’s Chapel.
along the west side only.
There is a roughly formed square recess, about 12 inches wide (see Fig. [1248]), in the north wall near the east end, and in the east wall at the south-east corner (see Plan and Fig. [1250]) there is an ogee-headed recess, about 7 inches high by 5 inches wide and 2½ inches deep, at about 3 feet 6 inches from the floor. There are recesses somewhat similar to the latter at Paisley Abbey.
St. Andrew’s Chapel was erected by Duncan Forrester of Garden, Knight, whose initials are cut on the lintel of the west window (see Fig. [1253], C), and his arms, together with a saltier for St. Andrew, are carved on the centre boss (see Fig. [1253], B). The name of Duncan Forrester occurs in charters