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leading into the staircase turret, which doorway and stair- 
case are of far more modern construction. The arch from 
the tower to the chancel, is much earlier,—so much so, that, 
were it not for the corresponding arch into the nave, (which 
I shall presently describe,) it might admit a doubt whether 
it were not the original construction. I am myself inclined 
to place it in the Early English period, towards the Deco- 
rated era. 
The arch into the nave is good, and very singular. It 
has but few mouldings, and is pointed. On each side, 
portions about three feet from the pillars on the nave side, 
are carved with Chevron ornament, and this ornament stops 
(in my opinion) as if the crown of the arch had once been 
round, and altered from round to pointed. The piers which 
support this arch, are very similar to that under the south 
side of the chancel arch, the secondary shafts being 
twisted. One, (the south-west shaft) was restored very 
fairly about twenty years ago. 
The south aisle, or chantry, is separated from the nave 
by a very good plain chamfered Zate Early English arch, 
verging on Decorated. The piers, or rather pillars, which 
support it, are very good, the capitals boldly carved with 
foliage. The shafts touch the wall, but are separate from 
it. There is one pillar only on each side, of dimensions 
well proportioned to the size of the arch, and the weight 
of capitals it has to bear. The East window of this aisle is 
good, with a drip or string-course round it, which is 
stopped by a corbel on the North side; that on the other 
side is gone, if there ever was any. The window is of 
two lights, connected at the top by a quatrefoil eirele ; 
the two long lights have no foliations. I should suppose 
its date (and in fact that of the whole of this part of the 
chantry) to be about 1280, A.D., earlier, by some thirty 
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