Skelmorlie Aisle - Largs
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Skelmorlie Aisle - Largs
Image: © Raibeart MacAoidh Taken: 31 May 2017
The Skelmorlie Aisle contains a notable monument built by a local landowner, Sir Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie Castle, seventh laird of Skelmorlie as a burial site for himself and his wife, Dame Margaret Douglas. Skelmorlie Aisle is a magnificent monument in an unassuming location. Its exuberant interior has no parallel in Scotland, and is remarkable in its refinement. It’s in two parts: a laird’s loft and a vault. The monumental stone tomb in the laird’s loft is carved in the Renaissance style, which began in Italy in the 1400s. It was probably carved by Scottish masons using foreign pattern books, and may have originally been richly coloured. The painted ceiling The boarded barrel-vaulted ceiling is painted to resemble a ribbed stone ceiling. The artist J Stalker, who had also done work in Edinburgh Castle and New Parliament House, executed the paintings here in 1638. Skelmorlie Aisle https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/skelmorlie-aisle/history/
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Image Location
Latitude
55.79473
Longitude
-4.868684