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| Ruins of CHAPEL ROYAL Formerly Nave of Abbey Church | [continued from page 14] of the Canongate. On the restoration however, it underwent a thorough repair and was set apart as a Chapel royal. A throne was erected for the Sovereign and twelve Stalls for the Knights of the order of the thistle: the floor was paved with marble and an organ putup. During the Short reign of James VII. mass was celebrated in it; and immediately on the abdication of that monarch the populace of Edinburgh demolished the chapel reducing it to ruins. It remained in a neglected state till 1758 when the attention of the barons of exchequer was directed to it by the DuKe of Hamilton the hereditary Keeper of the palace. A Sum was granted to renew the roof and otherwise repair the chapel but from an error of judgement of the architect large heavy flagstones were put upon the roof, the consequence of which was that in ten years afterwards, the roof fell in, and brought down large portions of the walls and pillars. The rubbish containing much of the ornamental worK worK was afterwards cleared away but the chapel has been allowed to remain in a ruinous state till the present time. The ruin as already stated formed the nave of the original church and is 148 feet in length by 66 in breadth. The original church was in the form of a cross in the centre of the cross, being the east end of the present ruin was the "great tower" which appears to have been supported by large clusterred columns forming a Gothic arch above which rose the tower and north and South of the tower was the north and South Transepts and in a line with the present ruin extending eastward was the choir. and south side of it was the part of the abbey called the cloisters and on the north side was a small plot of burying ground. [continued on page 16] |
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[Page] 15Parish of Canongate
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 31OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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