Fig. 1525.—Drainie Church. Plan.
The windows and doors (Fig. [1526]) have pointed arches, and the windows are each divided by one mullion, which branches into two in the arch-head. These door and window dressings are all chamfered on the edges. The cornice is of classic form, and the gables are crow-stepped. The west gable is finished on top with an ornamental belfry in the Renaissance style of the period, in which some revival of Gothic features was attempted.
Michael Kirk.—About half a mile west from Drainie stood the ancient church of Ogstown, the site of which is now occupied by the remarkable specimen of revived Gothic shown in Fig. [1527]. This edifice was erected as a mausoleum for his family by Lodvic Gordon of Gordonston, an estate in the vicinity. Mr. Gordon belonged to a branch of the
Fig. 1526.—Drainie Church. View from South-West.
Sutherland family, the first baronet being Sir Robert Gordon, the author of the History of Sutherland.