The wall openings are almost entirely in the south wall, in which there are three doorways and six windows. There is one window in the east end and one pointed doorway in the north wall. The north wing contains a north doorway and two windows in the east wall. This wing, doubtless, contained a gallery. The openings in the south wall are all built up, and the interior is converted into a private burial-ground. The details have all the character of eighteenth century work. The belfry (Fig. 1539) stands on the top of the west gable and still retains its bell, which is used on the occasion of funerals. The church and its surroundings are very picturesque.
FORDEL CHAPEL, Fifeshire.
This is a private chapel in the beautiful grounds of Fordel Castle,[1]
about two miles north from Inverkeithing. It bears the date of 1650, and
tradition has it that the works were interrupted by Cromwell's soldiers.
The edifice is now used as a mortuary chapel by the proprietors of Fordel House.
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Fig. 1540.—Fordel Chapel. Plan.
The structure bears the mark of the period when it was erected in the mixed style of its architecture, being partly an imitation of Gothic and partly Renaissance. It measures (Fig. 1540) about 40 feet in length by 16 feet in width internally, and is a simple oblong in plan, with a doorway in the centre of the south side. It is lighted (Fig. 1541) by four symmetrically arranged windows in the south side, one in the centre of the north side, and a large three-light window at each end. The windows are divided by mullions, and have a species of tracery in the round arch-heads.
The west gable is crowned with a belfry having a small spire. The stone cresting on the ridge has the small ornaments common at the period.
- ↑ Described and illustrated in The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, Vol. II. p. 237.
