216 Bradford-upon-Avon. [Parish Church. 
In removing some panelling which covered the wall, two small 
recesses, were discovered on the south side near the east end of the 
Chancel; one of them would seem to have been an ‘Ambry,’ and 
the other a ‘Piscina.’ The latter has been so mutilated, that it is 
almost impossible to say what was its original design. 
‘THe Nave. 
The Nave is 88 feet in length and about 30 in width. The north 
wall has been removed for the insertion of arches, by which it is 
divided from an Aisle on that side. On the south we have still 
the original wall, the external buttresses, &c. and traces within of 
the long semi-circular headed windows which once existed, enabling: 
us to pronounce it to have been of Norman date. The present 
windows are all of them later insertions; some of them indeed have 
been made in very modern times, and in the usual tasteless style of 
the 18th century. Two large windows are of Perpendicular date, 
and of these, the one at the west end, with a traceried transom, 
is particularly good: the other is filled with stained glass, the gift 
of Mr. John Ferret, collected, it is said, by him abroad, consisting 
of a number of medallions in which are depicted various scenes 
from the life of our Blessed Lord. The tracery is filled up with 
divers fragments of glass, some of which is hardly in keeping with 
that contained in the lower part of the window. 
It may be mentioned that there appear, on either side of ‘ls 
present Porch, to be traces of an older door-way leading into the 
Nave. The Porch, asit now stands, it may be mentioned in passing, 
is of late date. The Niches, of which there are two,—one over the 
interior and another over the exterior door-way,—would seem to be 
earlier than the remaining part of this structure. They possibly 
formed part of an older Porch, and were inserted in the present one. 
The Roof of the Nave is of the 16th or 17th centuries, and is of 
Elizabethan or Jacobean style plastered and panelled within. 
Tue AISLE. 
The Aisle is 90 feet in length and about 15 feet in width. Though 
ata first glance the whole of this portion of the Church may well be 
