Apex Stone.]

which has grooves for glass. The gable of this aisle has crowsteps. The

doorway is in the south wall, and adjoining it on the west is a stoup

(Fig. 1484) with a pointed arch cut out of a single stone, and in the

north wall there is the usual ambry. There are two windows in the south

wall and one in the west gable. This gable has the usual set-off at

about 5 feet above the ground, and at the ground level in this wall

there is a wide relieving arch, apparently intended to give scope for a

tree root. The skews of this gable are finely wrought, and the apex

stone, now lying inside (Fig. 1485), has the edge fillet continued as a

saltier on the face of the ridge roll.

The belfry, entirely concealed by ivy, occupies an unusual position on

the east gable. All the openings are lintelled, and appear to have been

altered in Presbyterian times.

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