By C. #. Ponting, F.S.A. 219i 
some sentences from the Book of Proverbs. This framing is now: 
returned at the ends, and there is no means of access to it; but the 
return pieces, although coeval with the rest, bear the appearance of 
having been fitted here in more recent times, and as the ends of the 
front beam have been roughly cut off, as. well as the string courses 
of the transepts against which it would come, I conjecture that the 
loft was originally carried through the transepts and crossing, and 
this would account for its projecting so far into the latter. The 
space under the existing part of the loft is divided from the transepts. 
by stone walls, and in that on the north side is a small window 
which would come at the end of the passage between the two rows. 
of stalls, and afford a view of the altar in the lady chapel. 
The entire erection is a very late addition to the Church, probably 
about the end of Hen. VII., and the carving in the spandrels and 
hollows is all planted on, but it is exceedingly rich and free in 
treatment. The Tudor rose is conspicuous in it, but there is no 
trace of original painting. Some Elizabethan enrichment of the 
screen and doors has been added, and the latter have subsequently 
been cut off to admit of the raising of the chancel floor. [The 
missing carving and cresting of this screen is in process of being 
reinstated.] 
The roofs of the nave, aisles, and transepts are rude in workman- 
ship and plain in detail. They are of the king-post and tie-beam 
type, the nave and aisles having wall pieces and braces carried far 
down and supported by corbels. The ceilings are formed by seven- 
teenth century plastering secured to the underside of the rafters, 
and the surfaces are enriched by plaster ribs in geometrical arabesque, 
with cusping ; under the tower this takes the form of vaulting in 
plaster, following the lines of the original stone wall ribs. This 
work adds a special interest to the roofs, and it is unfortunate that 
the rotten state of the timbers rendered it impossible to retain it in 
the aisles and south transept, where new roofs have been substituted, 
The ribs are formed of a light red plaster for their entire thickness. 
Against the south wall of the south transept is a monument of 
great beauty, of which a drawing accompanies this paper. It 
consists of an altar-tomb supporting the recumbent effigy of an. 
