The village of Stenton is situated about three and a half miles
south-east from East Linton Railway Station. The church (Fig. 1594),
which, with the exception of the tower and the entrance doorway, is a
total ruin (Fig. 1595), extends for a length of about 65 feet, but as
the east end is
[Illustration: FIG. 1594.--Stenton Church. Plan.]
entirely gone, it is impossible to say how much longer it was. The width
of the building within the walls is about 18 feet. The doorway (Fig.
1596), which is on the south side near the west end, is arched with a
flat segment of a circle, with the mouldings of the jambs (Fig. 1597)
continued round the arch, and with a splayed impost separating the arch
and jambs. The arch is finished with a hood moulding. The small
flat-headed window seen alongside the doorway (see Fig. 1595) is an
insertion probably of the seventeenth century, and no other feature of
the church is now in existence, except indications of a north door (see
Plan).
The tower, however, stands complete and entire at the south-west corner
of the structure. It measures about 16 feet 6 inches by 15 feet
[Illustration: FIG. 1595.--Stenton Church. Tower, &c., from South-East.]
9 inches over the walls, and is two stories in height. It is entered by
a narrow flat lintelled door on the south side. The space inside is
about 10 feet by 7 feet, but it has been narrowed by masonry at the
ground level, as shown on the Plan, to a width of about 5 feet. The
tower communicated with the church by a doorway, now built up.
[Illustration: FIG. 1596.--Stenton Church. Doorway.]
The upper story, which has a timber floor, has been reached by a ladder.
It is lighted by a window on each face, round arched
[Illustration: FIG. 1597.--Stenton Church.