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Tlie most ancient feature in the wliole building (PL 30) i^ 

 probably the angular ai'ched doorway in the soutliem wall of 

 the nave. This is manifestly Anglo-Saxon. These doors 

 are described* as *' either semicircular or triangidar arched 

 Jieaded ; in those considered the most ancient, the semicircular 

 arched heads are faced with large flat bricks or tiles closely 

 resembling Roman work," but *' triangular arched," such as. 

 that under notice are to be met with of a very simple and rude 

 constiniction; *'two long blocks of stone are made to incline 

 towards each other, and thus to form a straightened triangidar 

 headed arch; the lower edges of them sometimes rest on 

 plain projecting imposts, which surmount two other upright 

 blocks composing the jambs, it is generally considered 

 characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon style; but instances of it, 

 though not frequent, are to be found in the Norman and sub- 

 sequent styles; and arches of this description of late date may 

 be generally known by some moulding or other featm'e 

 peculiar to the style in which it is used." Doorways of this' 

 description are found forming the entrance to cylindrical 

 shaped tuiTcts, attached singly to towers perhaps as entrances 

 to bclfiys. But in the case of our church such a doorway 

 occupies a very imusual position, i.e. near the S.E. corner of 

 the nave; on the outside are traces of a low roofing, this, 

 taken in connexion with a tradition in the parish as to a com- 

 paratively recent removal of a semicii'cular foundation, is well 

 nigh conclusiv(? that a building of some kind, probably an 

 apsidal chapel, was anciently attached to the church. (Ground 

 Plan.) Tliis view is strenglhencd by the fact, that there still, 

 remains just inside the chancel arch, the *' hagioscope f or 

 squint (PI. 32, Fig. 1) filled up on the inside with some elegant; 

 pieces of carved stone screen work of the 15th conturj', placed, 

 there by a former vicar, the Eev. A. Kemp, a name stiU 

 gratefully remembered amongst the people; should Worth 



* Bloxam's Architect. 7th Edit. p.p. 56—59. 



t The hagioscope was an opening through which the ceremonies of 

 the high altar could be witnessed. ■ _ , 



