[Illustration: FIG. 1187.--St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. Plan.]
the plan of a cross without aisles (Fig. 1187). The choir is vaulted
with a pointed barrel vault, and the outer roof is slated. Over the
crossing (Fig. 1188) rises a square tower, finished with a plain
parapet. The east
[Illustration: FIG. 1188.--St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. View from
South-West.]
end is square, and there is a fine entrance porch at the south-west
angle. The church is built with red freestone, which is toned with age,
and the whole building is one of the most picturesque and pleasing of
our old parish churches.
The nave and choir measure internally 103 feet in length by about 22
feet in width. The choir is divided by bold buttresses into two bays,
[Illustration: FIG. 1189.--St. Mary’s, Whitekirk. Buttress and Window in
Choir.]
in each of which is a traceried window, the cusping of which is
peculiar. The forms of the buttresses and tracery are shown in Fig.
1189. The east end has a small circular quatrefoiled window set high in
the wall (Fig. 1190), over which is a panel containing a shield bearing
a fessé with a crozier behind it, probably the arms of Abbot Crawford of
Holyrood (1460-1483).
The west end (Fig. 1191) and the south transept have been rebuilt.