UPHILL OLD CHURCH. Y| 
before mentioned, is destitute of all moulding and 
ornament whatever; on each side of the interior of 
the porch is a low seat of plain masonıy. Alto- 
gether it is unlike any Norman work I have ever 
seen; but, as I observed before, it may be my 
ignorance, and not the construction of the porch, 
that is peculiar. On the north side of the nave, to 
the east of the porch, is one very small window, of 
apparently Norman character, but in so dilapidated 
a condition that it is not easy to make out whether 
the splay was wholly internal or not. 
The west end is perfectly plain, with the excep- 
tion of one very small lancet window, in the head 
of which is an indistinct appearance of foliation ; 
but from the internal splay, which though built up 
may clearly be seen from the interior of the church, 
I should suppose that it cannot be of later date 
than the beginning of the reign of Edward the 
First, even if it be not of greater antiquity. This 
end, from the superiority of its masonry and better 
state of preservation, I conclude to have been built 
when the original edifice, having become ruinous, 
underwent very considerable repair, if not almost 
total rebuilding. 
On the south side of the nave, having passed a 
modern square-headed window, we again come to 
remains of great antiquity. The masonry is here 
of the most rude and irregular description; and, 
more than half buried in the accumulated soil of 
centuries, stand the jambs and arch of a very rude 
