so Notes on the Churches visited in 1892. 



ceutral pier of the four bays, and indicates a change of intention. 

 The aisle was continued some thirty or forty years later by adding 

 two bays, the arches being similar to the earlier ones, but the 

 columns, with their caps and bases, are circular. The south arcade 

 appears to have followed soon after this — the four bays are of one 

 date, circa 1200, the columns are circular and have moulded caps 

 and bases ; the arches pointed and of two orders of cavetto, which, 

 like those on the north, are without labels. The chancel arch was 

 erected together with the earlier part of the north arcade ; it has 

 been re-built to a wider span, but the old caps, bases, and sufficient 

 of the voussoirs and labels remain to indicate the design.^ It is not 

 improbable that, notwithstanding the change of intention in the 

 length of the north aisle, the parts named were a continuous work 

 rather than alterations of an existing structure. The north doorway 

 of the same date as the arcade shows that the outside walls were 

 also included in the scheme then carried to completion. The font 

 is coeval, it is a remarkable specimen of the circular vertical-sided 

 " tub " form, with chevron ornament and Transitional foliage, but 

 no trace remains of the chancel of the Transitional Norman Church, 

 although the early character of the arch opening into the north 

 chapel from the aisle seems to show that not only was there a coeval 

 chancel, but that it had a chapel on the north. The present chancel 

 was erected in the earlier half of the thirteenth century, and the walls 

 of that date have been for the most part retained, with the fine 

 piscina and lancet window in the south wall of the sanctuary ; this 

 window has undergone two alterations — one in the fifteenth century 

 when the head was re-modelled, and a second during a nineteenth 

 century restoration of the Church, when its inside sill was cut down 

 to form sedilia. A rude sun-dial is cut on one of the outside 

 jambs of the priests' door and arranged for early hours only. 



The next work in order of date is the charming double chapel on 

 the north of the chancel — each division has its arch opening into 

 the chancel (the western arch having shafts with moulded caps and 



1 The accompanying plate, from a pencil drawing made many years ago by 

 Mr. P. St. Aubyn, shows the arch as it appeared before it was enlarged. 



