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The Centre of the front is horizontally divided into three compartments, in the lowest one of Which there is a grand doorway very deeply recessed, fla[nked] by two elegant blank Arches, narrowly Pointed and Adorned, as well as the Arch of the great doorway, by a moulding filled with the toothed ornament, In the Second compartment are two Well proportioned Windows, 26 feet in height, by 9½ in breadth, and divided into three Simply pointed lights, the upper part being filled with tracery, consisting of Circles and triangles, The uppermost compartment contains one large Window, 19 feet by 14 feet nine inches of five trefoil headed lights, Above which is elaborate flowing tracery, filling the whole Arch of the Window, Each of the side compartments of this imposing front is pierced by a Single Window, of the narrow pointed from, The interior of the nave is truly magnificent, ten massy clustered columns, 17 feet in height, With Simple but elegantly moulded capitals, divide the Aisles from the body of the nave,_ The Transept, although ruinous, Still displays in the fair proportions, and yet remaining beauty of its northern Window, a most interesting relic of monastic grandeur, the Window which is About 35 feet in height, by 18 feet in breadth, Occupies the greater part of the [ ] that intervenes between the graduated buttresses, which Support the northern Angle of the Transept, it is formed With an Arch of beautiful proportions, and of the decorated kind, the Centre Mullion Still remains, dividing the Window into two great lights, pointed and richly cusped, the Space between them and the great Arch has been filled With flowing tracery, a considerable part of which may Still be Seen as Well as portions of Similar Work in the large Windows that once Adorned the Sides of the transept, Two large pointed Archways, now filled up with masonry, once formed a communication between the Centre part of the Church, and Saint Mirren's Chapel._ The Choir, the Walls of Which are of Considerable thickness, are now levelled to Within About 10 feet of the ground, presents an interesting relic of Monastic times, The Piscina or font, which Still remains, with an accompanying niche on each Side, is near the east end of the South Wall, a little to the West in the Same Wall, are four recesses, Supposed to have been Stalls or Seats for the priests during the celebration