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Sacristy appear to have been erected at the same time as the 
Church, the hewing being similar to that of the Church ; the 
vaulting also being of rag work. The workmanship exhibited in 
the other portions of this part of the ruins is different and inferior, 
and quantities of slates and other material, which have belonged 
to some former building, are found embedded in the walls; the 
mouldings also are dissimilar to and of later date than those of 
the Church. Grose states that William Stewart, who was Provost 
about 1530, either rebuilt or greatly repaired the Lodging. 
Stewart’s arms, which have been recovered, appeared upon the 
octagonal Tower, and a carved corbel, which was also upon the 
Tower, has been found bearing the initials of his name, V. 8. 
DEMOLITION. 
A few words will sutiice in reference to the demolition of the 
fabric. The after Reformation tombstones are proof, I think, 
that the building had, as early as 1588, become open and waste, 
and a place of common burial. 
When Penant visited the ruin in 1772 the upper vaulting of 
the Chancel was standing; it had nearly disappeared in 1805, 
and now no part remains except the springings ; and a small 
part of the vaulting spanned the Side Chapel in 1805, which 
has long since fallen. With these exceptions, the Church is now 
in much the same condition as it was in 1772; even the Tomb 
appears to have been then broken and abrased as it is now. 
Considerable changes have, however, taken place on the 
Provost's Lodging since 1772. The west wall, a great part of 
the square Tower, and the octagonal Tower have fallen, the latter 
in 1851, as described in Mr M‘Dowall’s “ History of Dumfries.” 
It is worth notice, regarding the influences at work, in con- 
nection with the dilapidation of the College, that the Heraldry, 
the insignia of the ruling class, remains uninjured, while the 
figure-sculpture, which at the Reformation was regarded as 
tending to idolatry, is ruthlessly mutilated. 
This Collegiate Church—a little Cathedral in which the sump- 
tuous service of the Cathedral, but on a smaller scale, was 
wont to be celebrated—has been, as its remains testify, complete 
in its structural parts, and in its accessories also ; and the towt 
ensemble is one of remarkable magnificence. The architecture 
exhibited is pure, no reverting to Early English, and nothing dis- 
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