The village of Straiten stands near the north base of the mountains
which form the boundary between Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is
situated in a pastoral district about seven miles south-east from
Maybole, and near the right bank of the Girvan Water.
[Illustration: FIG. 1330.--Straiton Church. South Wing.]
The existing church is plain and of post-Reformation date, except a wing
(Fig. 1330) which extends like a transept to the south, and measures
about 21 feet 3 inches each way. This wing has been built in Gothic
times, and when first erected probably formed part of the church, having
a large traceried window in the south end, and a piscina in the inside
of the east wall. The wing is now divided into two stories by a floor
which has been inserted about 6 feet from the ground level, so as to
convert the
[Illustration: FIG. 1331.
Straiton Church.