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in Noi'thamptonshire. But possibly the resemblance may 

 only consist in the fact, that at Crewkeme we see some of 

 the distinctive features of late Perpendicular work more 

 clearly displayed than is usual in Somerset. I do not think 

 any of the churches I mentioned have any windows of the 

 extreme flatness of those in the transept at Crewkerne, 

 where there is no pretence at a point at all, the arch being 

 completely elliptical or three-centred ; which of those two 

 it is I leave to mathematicians to decide. 



I may mention, as analogous to the additional care 

 expended upon the north transept at Crewkerne and 

 Ilminster, the great splendour bestowed upon the north aisle 

 in the churches of Mark, Lympsham, and the two Brents, 

 all lyingneartogether, and the three last presenting a striking 

 similarity. Importance is also often given to the north aide 

 by the presence of a turret, which sometimes receives great 

 prominence; I have mentioned the llttle spireat Burrington ; 

 there is a similar one at Worle. It is however sometimes 

 found on the south side, as at Minehead and Dunster ; but 

 the other is decidedly the more usual position. We have 

 also Seen the addition of a second tower on the north side 

 at Bruton ; in the somewhat similar case of Wedmore it 

 occupies the south. AU these manifest an inclination to 

 have some eecondary tower or spire besides the grand 

 western or central one ; and I only wonder that I have not 

 come across any Somersetshire church exhibiting the 

 peculiar arrangement of Purton and Wimborne Minster. 



GROSS CHURCHES. 



Crewkerne and Ilminster are decidedly the finest paro- 

 chial cruciform churches which I have seen in Somerset- 

 shire; but there are some other very noble examples. 

 Dunster is a very large and striking building, but, to say 



