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panelled, and surmounted by crocketted pinnacles. It is noticeable 
that the side walls of aisles and clerestory are not buttressed. The 
gables of the transepts are carried up within the parapets, the latter 
rnnning round horizontally, and the gutter coming between. The 
graceful lines of the coping where it is formed into a base for the 
cross are an instance of the exceeding beauty of the curves in the 
designs of this Church.! 
The west front is notable for its unique window and doorway, to 
which I shall have occasion to refer again. The doorway appears to 
have been intended more as an architectural feature than for use, as 
the splayed plinth of soft stone (which stands above the floor) is 
carried through as a sill, and indicates little sign of wear. 
The low and broad proportions of the tower by their very dignity 
cause one the more to reeret the absence of bolder outside mouldings 
to the belfry windows, by which a somewhat meagre appearance is 
given them. The original doors remain, though much dilapidated, 
at the south and west entrances, they have plain square inside 
framing, and vertical boards on the outside; the hinges are quite 
plain. 
A noticeable feature in the design of the Church is that effect is 
produced by good proportions, solid construction, and rich mouldings, 
rather than by carving. There is no carving on the outside, beyond 
the patere in the arch of the doorway into the cloister, the label 
terminations of the east and west windows, and the gargoyles to 
chancel and transept only ; whilst on the inside it is only employed 
in the niches and corbels of the chancel, and two string terminations 
in the transepts. The capitals throughout are moulded. 
The consecration crosses were cut in the wall and inlaid with 
brasses, each secured by four rivets. The brasses, however, are 
all missing. There are twelve crosses on the inside and twelve 
on the outside, and they occur at the following places :—inside— 
one at the west end of each of the two aisles, one in the centre 
of the head of the west doorway, one in the centre of the side wall 
1 For illustrations of the south side and west front see vol. xx., pp. 241 and 
295 of the Magazine. 
