Two relics of the ancient church of St. Medan (demolished 1783) have been preserved, one being a mutilated figure of St. John the Baptist (Fig. [1392]) built into the west gable of the existing church, and the other a sacrament house (Fig. [1393]) inserted in the wall under
| Fig. 1392.—Airlie Church. Figure in Tower. | Fig. 1394.—Airlie Church. Belfry. |
the stair to the gallery. The sacrament house is of rude design and workmanship, and is evidently of very late date. The ambry has an opening 10½ inches in width, and its size over all is 2 feet 5 inches in height by 21 inches in width. It has, as usual in such features, a broad base surmounted by the recess to contain the consecrated host. The opening is finished with an ogee arch-head having a cable-moulding on the jambs and arch, and a fleur-de-lys on top. As usual the ambry is
Fig. 1393.—Airlie Church. Sacrament House.
(From Sketch kindly supplied by Mr. Archibald M‘Pherson, architect.)
flanked by small buttresses. In the panels at the spandrils there are carved on one side a cross with a crown of thorns, and on the other the heart, with hands and feet showing the five wounds of the Passion.
The back of the ambry is formed with a stone containing the initials W. F., and the arms of the Fentons of Baikie, which are turned upside down, probably by mistake, when rebuilt in the present position.