English: Monument for James Lumsden of Airdrie, Crail Parish Churchyard
Identifier: castellateddomes05macg (find matches)
Title: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: MacGibbon, David, d. 1902 Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930
Subjects: Architecture Architecture, Domestic Castles
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
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Fio. 1319.—Monument to Edward, Lord Kinloss. THE LUMSDEN MONUMENT 209 FOURTH PERIOD THE LUMSDEN MONUMENT, CRAIL, Fifeshire. This monument contains in its corbelling a reminiscence of the Scottish style, mingled with early Renaissance work (Fig. 1320). It stands against the north wall at the west corner of the churchyard of Crail.
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V. Fia. 13:;0. The Lumsden Monument, Crail Parish Churchyard - FOURTH PERIOD 210 PRESTON CROSS In the central panel are the family arms—azure, a chevron or between a wolfs head couped and a buckle in chief, and an escalop in base, argent; and as a crest the earn perching on a salmon, with the motto, Beware in time. Beneath is the date 1598, and in panels on either side is the monogram, with the name in full above, of james lvmsden de ardrie. Ardrie (ante, Vol. iv. p. 123) is about three miles north-east from Crail. James Lumsden was served heir to the estate in 1566. There are numerous inscriptions on the monument, all of which are given, so far as they can be deciphered, in the Sketch Book of the Edinburgh Architectural Association, Yol. iii. The structure is still in fair preservation, although greatly in need of some repair, which it is well worthy of having bestowed on it. Several of the pillars at the top have fallen away, and the want of their support will tend to weaken the side spirelets. The w
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