This deserted but very complete edifice is situated within one mile of
Cockburnspath Railway Station. It is in a good state of preservation,
and its masonry may be described as almost entire, with the exception of
the damages done to it during last century, when it was fitted up for
stabling and other farm purposes; or, as stated in the Hutton
Collection,[88] made in the eighteenth century, “It is at present
employed in a great variety of domestic uses.” The structure now stands
a neglected ruin, and is put to no purpose whatever, except that the
south transept is used as the burial-place of the family of the Halls of
Dunglass.
The building (Fig. 1096) is cruciform, and consists of a nave 40 feet
long by 20 feet wide internally, a choir 33 feet 3 inches long by 17
feet 9 inches wide, and north and south transepts, each 21 feet 7 inches
long by 13 feet 9 inches wide. The total internal length of the church
is 90 feet 8 inches, and the total length of the transept from north to
south
[Illustration: FIG. 1096.--The Collegiate Church of Dunglass. Plan.]
is 63 feet. There is a sacristy 19 feet 3 inches in length by 13 feet 7
inches in width internally on the north side of the choir, from which it
enters by a low centred arch, pointed and splayed.
The edifice (Fig. 1097) is roofed throughout, with the exception of the
tower over the crossing, with a continuous pointed barrel vault over
each arm of the cross, having a roof of heavy overlapping stone slabs
resting on the outside of the arch. There is thus no timber used in the
construction of the walls and roof.