A ruined structure situated in the centre of its churchyard, in the
decayed hamlet of Wast-Town, at a distance of about two miles northwards
from Errol Railway Station, and not far from the old Castle of Kinnaird.
The church (Fig. 1486) has consisted of a nave and chancel, the former
about 43 feet long by 15 feet 2 inches wide inside, having walls from 3
to 4 feet thick. The chancel was apparently of the same width as the
nave,
[Illustration: FIG. 1486.--Wast-Town Church. Plan.]
but it has been entirely demolished, and the chancel arch has been built
up. This was doubtless done to make the church suitable as a preaching
station after the Reformation. There are a north and a south doorway,
the former square-headed with a splay, the latter (Fig. 1488) round
arched with a bead on edge all round. In the south side there are two
windows with square tops and a bead moulding, and one window in the
north side having a cusped and pointed top, as shown in Fig. 1487. This
window has a moulding on the outside consisting of a hollow, wrought on
a broad splay. All the windows are finished on the inside in a manner
similar to the one shown, the width of their daylight being about 13
inches. There are three openings through the walls at the west end (see
Fig. 1486) about 7 inches square and about 4 feet above the ground, the
object of which is not very clear, and they are now considerably ruined.
Possibly they are putlog holes.
[Illustration: FIG. 1487.--Wast-Town Church. Window in North Side.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1488.--Wast-Town Church. View from South-East.]
The chancel arch, which is 9 feet 9 inches wide, is in two orders (Fig.
1489), each splayed on edge. The wall is 2 feet 4 inches thick, and the
[Illustration: FIG. 1490.--Wast-Town Church.