164 Notes on the Churches 
and the gable was evidently crowned by a niche like that pegithg 
over the latter. 
The roof of each bay of the chapel is treated separately, with its 
own gable behind the parapet. The low level of the piscina and 
the ledge behind the altar strike one as remarkable ; the floor has 
probably been slightly raised, but not more than six or seven inches. 
There is a kind of double squint in the north transept, directed 
towards the altar of the chapel, and another squint is carried 
through the pier in the direction of the high altar— the latter looks 
at first sight to have been subsequently cut through, but a closer 
inspection shows that it was constructed, as the leaf carved in the 
hollow member of the pier on the east side is brought under into 
the opening. On the outside it will be noticed that the staircase 
must have been added since the tower and north aisle were built— 
it has also a singular treatment of the upper part. There is a 
further niche over the west gable of the north aisle. The building 
which was erected westward of the south transept, early in the 
seventeenth century, appears to have been a dwelling-house of three 
stories, with an outside door, and the opening between it and the 
aisle is modern. 
The chancel was built in 1777, and nothing more need be said 
about it. 
The brass in the south transept bears the effigies of Robert 
Baynard,! who died in 1501, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Henry Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, with their eighteen children, the 
second son habited as a priest. 
Cuurcu or S. Micnart. MEeELKsHam. 
As I relied upon our having the advantage of hearing a description 
of this Church from Canon Warre, I have taken no notes of it, 
and, owing to the limited time at our disposal, my impromptu re- | 
marks upon it must be brief. 
This Church has been so much altered in plan within recent times 
as to destroy much evidence of its history. It is clear, however, 
1 Kite’s Wilts Brasses, p. 39. 
