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Tiles found in Sacristy 
The centre pier under these arches is formed of a cluster of eight 
half-round columns attached to a drum, and has moulded caps and 
bases. The latter are 4 inches lower than the present floor, and 
show the original 13th century level. The responds against the 
side walls are of the same plan as half the centre pier, and the 
abacus of the caps is continued along the walls as a string-course. — 
In each corner of the room are detached columns to carry the — 
vaulting, and the other vaulting springers are supported on corbels. 
The bases of these angle columns are about 24 inches above the 
present floor level,! and originally rested on a stone seat that 
1 These corner columns, as well as the responds under the cross arches, are 
completed down to the floor-level and the bases chopped away. ‘The latter 
were probably done at the suppression, when the seats and platforms would 
be dispensed with on the conversion of this into a living room. A portion 
of the seats in the extreme angles appears to have been retained, as the lowest 
course of the angle columns forms part of a plinth applied to the walls in the 
18th century. 
