^76 Putterne. 



" Light is abundantly poured into the building by thirty-four 

 lancet windows, grouped as follows : the nave has eleven, four on 

 each side and a triplet in the west gable; the chancel has nine, 

 three on each side and a triplet at the east end ; each of the tran- 

 septs has seven, two long lancets in each gable, two shorter ones on 

 the west side, and a group of three to the east, over the chantry 

 altars. 



''A moulded string runs all round the inside walls below the 

 window sills. The lancet windows have all chamfered scoinson 

 arches, with a hood mould above, which is connected from window 

 to window by a second string mould running horizontally just below 

 the springing of the arches. The western triplet is plain, but at 

 the east end of the chancel the architect has given us a beautiful 

 composition, in an arcade of five bays rising to the centre with 

 detached marble shafts, and delicately moulded arches, caps and 

 bases. The three central bays are pierced to form a triplet window, 

 while the two outer bays are left solid, as blank panels. The four 

 great arches carrying the tower are rather sharply pointed, with the 

 double chamfered orders of the jambs carried round, and simply 

 bound together at the springing by the moulded string which runs 

 round the building, without capitals, and finished above by a 

 moulded label or hood. In the east and west gables, a small double 

 window opens above the collars of the roof. 



" The roofs are all of equal height and steep-pitch, and are of the 

 form most common in the thirteenth century — known as trussed 

 rafter roofs. 



" The tower space has a flat panelled ceiling of wood under the 

 ringers^ floor. 



" Externally, the church has the same simplicity of detail which 

 marks the interior. The windows are finished with plain splays 

 with a moulded label and connecting horizontal string at the 

 springing, but none under the sills. 



" The walls are of rubble stone with solid well designed buttresses 

 of masonry at the angles, and the gables are finished with stone 

 copings and crosses. 



"The north porch and doorway are of very simple character. 



