By C. H. Talbot, Esq. 355 



The north wall o£ the church is about four feet thick, as was also 

 the west wall, of which a small portion remains/ disguised under 

 the form of a buttress. Internally, the building was more than 

 thirty feet high to the crown of the vaulting ; and, as each bay oc- 

 cupied about twenty feet, the whole must have been one hundred 

 and twenty feet long at least, and probably longer. Externally, it is 

 probable that originally at any rate it had a high roof. The corbel- 

 table ^ remains on the north side, and at the north-west angle there 

 has been an octagonal pinnacle.^ 



I now come to the Lady Chapel. Such chapels were frequently 

 added at the east end of a church, forming a prolongation of the main 

 building. In other cases they were placed on one side of the choir. 

 It is evident that this chapel was built on the south side of the 

 churchy probably near its eastern end. It was to be fifty-nine feet 

 long by twenty-five and a half feet wide. There were to be four 

 windows, one in each end gable, and two on the south side. When 

 this agreement was written the chapel had been begun. Two of the 

 windows were finished, namely that in one of the gables, and one of 

 those in the side wall, and the two others were begun. The adjacent 



1 The south face of this buttress, at first sight, appears to be unaltered Early 

 English work ; but, on inspection, it will be seen that the string-courses, &c., 

 are found on its west and south, but not east sides. The explanation is this, 

 the west and east sides are unaltered, being the external and internal faces of 

 of the church wall, and the Early English work on its south face consists of ex- 

 ternal facing-stones, taken from the demolished part, and re-used here to form 

 a finish to the ragged section of the wall. We have thus a slight indication of 

 the external design, in the west face of this fragment and a buttress niched in 

 the angle adjoining, with the remains of the pinnacle above. This bit of wall 

 may have been left as a precaution, to avoid depriving the adjacent buildings of 

 their old abutment. 



* On the south side the corbel-table from the south side of the church has 

 been re-used. Several of the corbels are evidently original. The balustrade 

 erected above these corbel-tables was probably the work of Sir William 

 Sherington. 



2 The base remains. The engraving by S. and N. Buck, dated 1732, shows 

 that when they sketched the house this pinnacle retained its pyramidal top. 

 The engraving however may have been made some time after the sketch, and is 

 very inaccurate, showing lancet windows in all six bays, the modem windows 

 all on one level, and an arched door out of its proper position. 



