ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN ARCHITECTURE. ‘ 
parts of the church, a much greater number have come 
down to us nearly in their original state, tMan of any other 
part of the building. These towers, though the walls are 
of great thickness, do not usually present the striking 
massiveness of proportion which is found in those of the 
Norman period. Sompting, with its steep gables and 
spire-like roof, is a strong instance of this difference of 
proportion. They are frequently of three stages ; each 
stage being smaller than that below. They are destitute 
of buttresses and internal staircases, and generally bonded 
at the quoins with long-and-short work. The pilaster-like 
strips of stone before described, are generally to be ob- 
served where the masonry is not hidden by plaster—in some 
to a great extent—and at Earls Barton in such profusion 
as almost to have the appearance of trellis work. They 
have frequently smali triangular windows, and in the bel- 
fry stage, commonly a small double window, the division of 
which is formed, not as in Norman work, by a shaft, but by 
a baluster placed in the centre of the wall, and supporting 
an impost, which extends through its whole thickness, 
These are the most striking peculiarities of which Iam 
aware. They are, perhaps, seldom all to be met with in 
the same building; but their effect is such, that they can 
hardly be mistaken when once pointed out, for the more 
common details of Norman buildings. Good examples of 
them all will be found in the illustrations of the Archxo- 
logical Journal, and in the new edition of Rickman’s work 
on Gothic architecture. It is a curious corroboration of 
the theory, that these peculiarities are indicative of Anglo- 
Saxon work, that similar architectural details are repre- 
sented in illuminations of the ninth and tenth centuries, 
though I believe not in any of later date. 
'Iwillnow hazard a conjeeture as to the style of the 
