40 Notes on the Churches visited in 1892. 



greater fitness than of the chapel window that it was " brought from 

 Salisbury Cathedral," or Christchurch. The inside dimensions are 

 lift. 6in. wide and 14ft. long, and 15ft. high to the wall-plate. 

 The outer arch is a magnificent one of two orders of deeply-cut 

 mouldings, carried on three detached shafts to each jamb standing 

 on a deep bench-table base. The niche on the outside is coeval and 

 retains its corbel for the figure. In the east wall is a double 

 doorway, now blocked up, but which formerl}' opened into the 

 chapel — it has the appearance of having been intended more for 

 seeing through than for means of access^ as the openings are only 

 2ft. wide and there is a deep splayed sill standing above the floor 

 level — each opening has a trefoil arch with roll moulding on the 

 angle, and they are divided by a mullion 7in. thick. These are 

 contained within a larger and richly-moulded arch, and both this 

 and the inner arches are supported on shafts. Another twelfth 

 century coffin slab is inserted over the doorway into the nave. 



The font is the only bit of fourteenth century work in the Church, 

 it is a plain octagonal one. 



In the fifteenth century {circa 1450) the two three-light four- 

 centred arched windows were inserted in the south wall of the chapel, 

 and the roof of trussed rafters with moulded ribs was put on. The 

 present four-light east window is of the same date, but it is said to 

 have been transferred here from the east end of the chancel in 1877. 

 In this window are six figures of coeval glass in new setting. 



The spire was added to the tower at this time, arched squinches 

 being thrown across the angles to support the diagonal sides — these 

 have since been re-built in corbelled-out form, probably owing to 

 the settlements in the tower. 



The rood-loft stair of unusual width was formed in the fifteenth 

 century, and starts from the north chapel. There are fragments of 

 fifteenth century screen work framed into the modern choir stalls. 



The chancel arch and all windows here are modern. 



There are five bells, the third of which is a mediaeval one with an 

 inscription which I was not able to take on my visit, and it does not 

 appear in Mr. Lukis^ schedule. 



The Church loses one of its chief features internally by the tower 



