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Edington Church. I think I ought to mention that on the occasion 
of my visit to Winchester for the purposes of this paper I alluded 
to this circumstance in conversation with the Dean as a proof of the 
schooling which Wykeham received from his master and subse- 
quently developed at Winchester; but the Dean replied that his 
view of this particular connexion was that the elerk of the works 
came to Edington to shew the Bishop how to build Edington 
Church ! 
I will first quote the late Mr. J. H. Parker on the subject of its 
characteristics. He says, “It is a fine cruciform Church, all of 
uniform character, and that character is neither Decorated nor 
Perpendicular, but a very remarkable mixture of the two styles 
throughout. The tracery of the windows looks at first sight like 
Decorated, but, on looking more closely, the introduction of Per- 
pendicular features is evident. The west doorway has the segmental 
arch, common in Decorated work, over this is the usual square label 
of the Perpendicular, and under the arch is Perpendicular panelling 
over the heads of the two doors. The same curious mixture is 
observable in the mouldings and in all the details. . . . Bishop 
Edington’s work at Winchester was executed at a later period than 
that at Edington, and, as might be expected, the new idea is more 
fully developed, but on a comparison between the west window of 
Winchester and the east window of Edington it will at once be 
seen that the principle of construction is the same. There isa 
central division carried up to the head of the window, and sub- 
arches springing from it on each side.” 
There are, however, many peculiarities in the tracery which Mr. 
Parker does not mention. For instance, in the centre light of the 
east window is (if we except the small window in the transept) the 
only bit of transom to be found in the Church, and it indicates the 
change of style in a pronounced manner; in other respects the 
tracery of this window is quite “ flowing” in character, and the 
cusps of the middle light are terminated by carved bosses. Then 
in the west window we have the central mullion springing off into 
sub-arches, and none of the mullions carried through to the outer 
arch, although this occurs in the east window, which is on the whole 
