Fig. 1329.—Old Dailly Church. View from North-East.
only part of one window. From the details of the latter, the work seems to be of the seventeenth century, but the walls may be older. A new church was erected at New Dailly, and divine service transferred to it in 1696, since which period the old church has fallen into ruin.
A burial vault has been constructed within the east part of the building, in connection with the Bargeny Estate, which adjoins. Another similar vault for the use of the Killochan Estate, situated on the opposite side of the Girvan Water, has been erected at the north-east angle of the church (see Fig. [1329]). It is evidently a seventeenth century structure. The north front is peculiar, having a deep niche on each side of the doorway. The latter is now built up.
STRAITON CHURCH, Ayrshire.
The village of Straiten stands near the north base of the mountains which form the boundary between Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is situated in a pastoral district about seven miles south-east from Maybole, and near the right bank of the Girvan Water.
Fig. 1330.—Straiton Church. South Wing.
The existing church is plain and of post-Reformation date, except a wing (Fig. [1330]) which extends like a transept to the south, and measures about 21 feet 3 inches each way. This wing has been built in Gothic times, and when first erected probably formed part of the church, having a large traceried window in the south end, and a piscina in the inside of the east wall. The wing is now divided into two stories by a floor which has been inserted about 6 feet from the ground level, so as to convert the