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built for thelr dwelling-place the house which still remains 

 on the north slde of the churchyard, and modlfied the 

 church to adapt It to his purpose. He made an eastern 

 addition to the north transept, and altered the direction of 

 its gable, so as to give it the external appearance of an aisle, 

 while internally it makes two chapels, the south transept 

 being doubtless the third. A stone roodscreen, that uncom- 

 mon feature in a parish church, must date from the same 

 period ; so also must the western bell-cot of a very distinc- 

 tive character, a wiser addition, I think, than either a meagre 

 tower, which would have been of no beauty in itself, or a 

 magnlficent one, which would have destroyed the beauty 

 of the rest of the church. I cannot speak with equal 

 praise of the addition of a flat panelled ceiling, which, 

 though very good in itself, cuts off the head of the beauti- 

 ful south window. The chantry house is an oblong Per- 

 pendicular building of two stages, chiefly remarkable for 

 the octagonal turret which gives access to the upper one, 

 which is so large as to have quite the air of an oriel. A 

 good open roof and some fine plaster ceilings of later date, 

 will be found above. The great house, to which the chan- 

 try house now forms a horticultural appendage, presents 

 a west front of great splendour, which is throughout 

 essentially of good Perpendicular architecture, though 

 extensive portions have been altered in later styles. The 

 north-west portion is untouched, and presents a magnifi- 

 cent display of oriels, turrets, chimneys, and open battle- 

 ments. The central part, containing the hall, has been 

 altered in Elizabethan tiines, but it retains its original 

 basement, and a curious kind of oriel, which, now at least, 

 acts also as a porch.* The south part has been still niore 



* Mr. Batten says this oriel was added in 172'2, I should like to look 

 at it as;ain ; but, speaking without bock, I should have thoiight this was 

 rather the date when the door, which looks like an Interpolation, was cut 

 throiiffh. 



