UPHILL OLD CHURCH 5 
side, through a porch of considerable size, in pro- 
portion to the dimensions of the rest of the church, 
which from this cause, and from the peculiarity 
ofits general appearance, is one of the chief fea- 
tures of the edifice, and appears to me to be worthy 
of particular attention. 
Norman porches, though not very rare, are in 
this part of England by no means of common 
occurrence, and neither their appearance or struc- 
ture is familiar t0 me. What therefore seems to 
me peculiar may not be so in reality; but I must 
take this opportunity of observing, that the object 
of this hurried sketch is not to give information 
upon a subject on which I am much fitter to be a 
pupil than a teacher, but to call the attention of 
antiquarians to an interesting relic of ancient days, 
which is rapidly falling into decay, and which in 
the course of a few short years will probably be 
entirely destroyed. The present appearance of 
this porch is particularly striking, the sides having 
given way outwards, and being supported by a sort 
of dwarf buttress, of very rude construction. Owing 
to this subsidence, the crown of the arch is much 
depressed, which is the cause of its present very un- 
common shape. It has no shafts, or external mould- 
ing whatever, with the exception ofa quarter round, 
receding slightly from the plane of the wall, which 
extends round the whole doorway, without any 
capital or interruption. Under this is a flat sur- 
face of nearly a foot, formed of squared stones. The 
