By C. E. Ponting, F.S,A. 201 
south is narrower and retains its original Purbeck marble step, the 
inner order of the chamfers of this arch stops against the jamb, and 
there is a single-light window over it which formerly evidently 
opened into a narrower chapel or transept, as the pilaster-like pro- 
jection in the north-east angle of the south transept indicates: (it is 
worthy of note that the south wall of the tower is thicker than any 
other in the Church: ) and the fact of the tower not being central 
with the transepts points to their different dates. The nave walls 
are constructed of rubble and flint and have no plinth, but they are 
clearly older than the’ windows and doors, and form part of an earlier 
nave, the height of which, with the pitch of its roof is indicated on 
the west face of the tower. 
At about the middle of the fourteenth century a great re-modelling 
of the entire Church was commenced, and unlike Mr. Owen Carter 
(who speaks of the nave windows and west door as being much 
later), I am of opinion that the whole was carried out at one 
operation, although it probably extended over thirty years or so; 
and as this covered a period when a radical change was taking place 
in architectural tastes and fashions, the comparatively debased details 
of the nave and tower, which were the last to be dealt with, are 
easily accounted for. A close examination of the work of the nave 
will establish the accuracy of this view: it will be seen that the 
plain parapet of the north transept is carried round the nave; the 
buttresses of both have the same weatherings and gables, and the 
nave doorways (of which the north is now blocked up) as well as 
the west window show the Decorated feeling. The period of 
transition is distinctly seen in the variation of detail of the north 
and south windows. The easternmost window on each side shows 
distinctly later features than the other two, 7.¢., the square pointed 
eusps and the more stilted type of reticulation in the tracery which 
is also observable at Edington. The west door (now blocked up) 
_ hasa depressed arch and Jooks much later than the window above, but 
I think they are coeval, and the arch indicates the greater freedom 
which was then being felt in adapting any feature to its particular 
‘position. The whole work is poorer in the nave than elsewhere, the 
windows are without labels, and the roof (the original of which 
