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clue for the reinstatement of the inner parts of the window — the 

 exterior parts are purely conjectural : the aumbry and piscina were 

 also discovered in the execution of these works. The aumbry is a 

 later insertion in the early wall, and a piece of the earlier work 

 forms the head. In the fifteenth century a two-light window was 

 inserted, doubtless in place of a lancet, as giving more light, in the 

 south wall of the choir. The upper part of the east wall of the 

 chancel and large portions of the north and south walls near the 

 east end were re-built when the late eighteenth century window and 

 roof, now removed, were constructed. 



There is no indication of what the remainder of the Church was 

 at that time, but in 1633 the nave with north porch and vestry were 

 re-built, and this date occurs on both porch and vestry (in the former 

 case accompanied by the appropriate text " This is the House of 

 Prayer ") and on a tie-beam of the nave. It is significant of the 

 reaction which marked the reign of Charles I., that, instead of 

 following the prevailing forms of debased Renaissance, the re- 

 builders of this Church adopted a pre- Reformation type for some of 

 the features — their success is much less conspicuous in the masonry 

 than in the beautiful oak roof : here they have so closely adhered to 

 the fifteenth century type that it is only by closely examining the 

 details of the carvings and mouldings that the late date of its 

 construction can be detected. 



The tower is of two stages in height with west door, angle 

 buttresses and pinnacles, and pointed archway opening into the nave. 

 The windows and doors have semicircular heads, but the buttresses, 

 pinnacles, and arch of the tower follow the Gothic lines. 



In the restoration of this Church which I was privileged to carry 

 out for the present Rector a few years ago I regarded the building 

 as a very valuable example of ecclesiastical work carried out when 

 little of the kind was done and when more attention was paid to 

 domestic architecture ; and I felt strongly that the preservation of 

 this special characteristic should be the first consideration, and that 

 on no account should any attempt be made to alter or " improve 

 upon " this work in any way so as to reduce it to the level of modern 

 Gothic, which may or may not be more beautiful, but which would 



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