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reason being that the compartment between the end of the 

 Nave and the Chancel is taken separately on the supposi- 

 tion that a tower stood over this portion, and this space is 

 19 ft. X 19 ft. within the walls, and the thickness of the 

 arch removed from between the Towner and Nave was 

 3 ft. Beyond this was a Chancel with an apsidal termina- 

 tion, and so far as one may judge from working out the 

 dimensions from that portion which remains of the Apse, 

 the Chancel would have been 17 ft. 6 in. wide, and about 

 23ft. from the Chancel Arch to the furthest point 

 (internally) of the Apse. 



The reasons which have led to the foregoing conclusions 

 are these : 



1st — The extent of the Norman work. This can be 

 traced by the character of the masonry ; the peculiar flat 

 buttresses so common to this style, and which appear 

 rather to be intended to divide the walls into a series of 

 compartments and to break up the surfaces than for 

 strength ; again, the undoubted evidence of the doorways 

 and windows, the string courses and mouldings, though 

 great care must be observed even in an analysis such as 

 this -, for some of the walling, in the South Wall of the 

 Nave for example, seems to have been rebuilt at a later 

 date with Norman masonry, and the Rector pointed out to 

 me what was evidently a piece of moulding from the 

 interior of the Chancel, which had been used externally. 



2nd — The Central Tower. If we examine the plan we 

 shall find that the Nave is complete in itself at a length of 

 71 feet, and that beyond this point eastward there is a 

 narrower compartment of building intervening between 

 the Nave and Chancel. This compartment is 19 ft. x 19 

 ft., and at its junction with the Chancel there is a large 

 archway, the bases, jambs, and caps beneath which are 

 unquestionably Norman, the arch above being of later date, 

 the original arch (?), (the springers of which remain), 

 having been apparently removed to allow of the later 

 additions. 



