Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick (1915) (14781484692)

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Title: Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Scotland. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions
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Publisher: Edinburgh : H.M. Stationery Off.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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To face p. 37. inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 37 Parish of Coldingham. 13th century. It is to be noted that the caps are uniformly squareon plan, which obviously indicates the survival of a Norman form. The exterior surfaces of the north and east walls (figs. 36 and 37)are similarly divided into two parts, the upper division containing
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TRANSVERSE SECTION 10 O 10 Hill I+H44—■■—^—i—- 20 mi Fig. 35.—Coldingham Priory (No. 74). the lancet windows, having angle-shafts with bands, carved caps,and moulded bases decorated with a ball ornament on the lowestmember resting upon a stepped string-course. Between each windowis a flat pilaster-like buttress, characteristic of Norman and Transi-tional work. On the north wall in the third bay from the eastend is an arched niche 12f inches in width and 1 foot 1 inch inheight, the sill of which is some 7 feet above ground level. The 38 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Coldingham. eastern arris of the adjacent buttress is stop-chamfered. Whatpurpose this niche served is obscure. Each lower division containsa double-arched arcade of semicircular form, springing from slendershafts having incurved capitals with delicately moulded abaci andbases. The latter rest upon corbels projecting from a string-course