Coat of arms of Crawfurd of Cartsburn

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 4 Jul 2011

This feature appears at the base of the north-eastern wall of Image As is described in that item in some detail, the church has been much altered (and has even been moved in its entirety) since John Schaw had the original Old West Kirk built in 1591. In 1829, Daniel Weir recorded in his work "The History of Greenock" that, even then, "the church as now seen is different from what it was at its first erection, and had not the wings containing Sir Michael S. Stewart's and Cartsburn's seat till about 70 years ago, when it was mostly rebuilt". Cartsburn's arms, shown here, were presumably installed during that particular rebuilding; his crest includes, on the left, a sword with balances perched on its point. Above it, the motto on the left is "quod tibi, hoc alteri" ("what to you, this to other", i.e., "do to others as you would have them do to you"). On the right, it reads "nil durum volenti" ("nothing is hard for the willing").

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