few months was private property, has been handed over to the keeping of
the authorities of Stirling, and is now, for the first time for many
years, if not centuries, made accessible to the public, so that drawings
of the interior can now be made. The partition which closed the access
to the chapel from the church still remains, and a door which was cut
through the east wall at the time the partition was put up is still in
use, but these alterations are not shown on the Plan (Fig. 1248).[129]
The chapel measures about 15 feet 9 inches in length, and has a width of
about 12 feet from the north wall. Its height from the original floor
to the apex of the roof is about 15 feet 8 inches. It enters from the
church by a round
[Illustration: FIG. 1252.--Stirling Parish Church. Section of North
Window of St. Andrew’s Chapel.]
arched opening about 10 feet wide (Fig. 1249), with splayed and notched
jambs and arch, the jambs having a very simple moulded cap (Fig. 1250).
[Illustration: FIG. 1253.--Stirling Parish Church. Details of St.
Andrew’s Chapel.]
This opening is not in the centre of the chapel. There are a north and a
west window. The former (Fig. 1251) is pointed, and is divided by
mullions into three lights, and retains the original tracery. Fig. 1252
shows the section of the mouldings of the arch and jambs. The window
[Illustration:
Durham of Mollet. Durham and Murray.