throughout Scotland. In February 1889 "the nave, then the only part in use, was burned, and the fire destroyed a partition which cut off the chancel." None of the structural features of the church suffered any damage, and the chancel and the south aisle, having little or nothing in their construction of a combustible nature, escaped altogether. The church has been well restored by Mr. A. M. Mackenzie, architect, Aberdeen,[1] a new roof having been placed on the nave and chancel, and suitable new fittings and furniture introduced. The three windows in the east wall of the chancel have been renewed, exactly after the remains of the original ones.
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Fig. 1156.—The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott. Plan.
The nave, which measures internally about 60 feet 6 inches long by 18 feet wide, has a north and south round-arched doorway, with a bead moulding on the angles. These doorways are, perhaps, of the sixteenth century. The three windows on the south side have centre mullions, and are finished with straight lintels (see Fig. 1157); and, although renewed, they represent the original arrangement. Besides these there are two small windows in the west gable (see Fig. 1158). A stoup in the wall inside adjoins the south door.
The chancel arch is about 12 feet wide by 13 feet high. It has a double splay on each side, and is acutely pointed. The chancel is about 26 feet 5 inches long by 15 feet 6 inches wide. The total internal
- ↑ In regard to this church we are indebted to an illustrated article by Mr. A. M. Mackenzie, in the Transactions of the Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society, 1890, and to Mr. T. S. Robertson and Mr. W. S. Walker of Dundee.
