112 The Pre-Reformation Churches of Berwickshire. 



In each of the turrets flanking the east elevation, there is a 

 newel stair, that in the south turret starting from the level of 

 the passage in the upper arcade. The windows which pierce the 

 N. wall are eight in number, the lights measuring 7 feet by 1 

 ft. 8 in ; and there are three blank arches, very sweetly and 

 tastefully treated as regards ornament, at its western extremity 

 on the inside. (Fig. 8.) There are three similar windows, with 

 intermediate arches cusped internally, in the E. wall. 



Fig. 8. 



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The general effect of the interior is at once elegant and im- 

 pressive, combining the solemnity and dignity of the Norman 

 style with the grace of the earlier Gothic. It has evidently 

 been designed by a man of refined taste ; and Dr Eaine has 

 conjectured, not without reason, that it may have been the work 

 of Thomas de Melsonby, who was prior of Coldingham between 



