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The Churches of Devizes. St. Mary's. 



width. 1 It is lighted by a series of seven windows, one of which 



is shown in the annexed en- 



graving, each containing three 

 cinquefoil-headed lights. Of 

 these, five are in the north wall, 

 the others at the east and west 

 ends. Between them, and at 

 the angles of the walls, are 

 plain buttresses of two sets-off. 

 The parapet is embattled, and 

 the roof, which is a lean-to, is 

 covered with lead. 



The roof, inside, is divided 

 by moulded beams into twenty 

 compartments, with a boldly 

 carved boss at each intersection. 

 On the eastern respond, at the 

 right hand of the rood door, 

 is a fragment of carving, pro- 

 bably the remains either of a small piscina, or a projecting bracket 

 for the support of a taper. 



South. 

 This is twelve-and-a-half feet wide, and is of the same length as 

 the north aisle; but, on account of the porch, has two windows 

 less in number. That at the west end differs from the rest, a 

 transom being introduced in the tracery, corresponding with those 

 at the north and south ends of the transepts of St. John's church. 

 In other respects this aisle very nearly resembles the other. The 

 roofs of the two aisles form different angles against the body of the 

 church, that of the north aisle being more acute ; a basement 

 moulding to the south aisle, none to the north. 



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AISLE WINDOW. ST. MARY'S. 



1 The east wall is of great thickness, and apparently of Norman date. The 

 north wall is also built on the original foundations, which, together with the 

 pilasters, may still be clearly traced above the ground, along the whole wall, 

 which is consequently no less than three feet in thickness. 



