PERPENDICULAR OF SOMERSET AND EAST-ANGLIA. 23 
St. James at Bury is, from its smaller size, and the 
loss of its original roof, a less striking whole than its 
neighbour St. Mary, but it is more satisfaetory in point of 
detail. For instance, it has floriated capitals, a peculiarity 
which at once leads me to the noblest example of all, 
the magnificent nave of Saffron Walden, which it is im- 
possible to avoid comparing, and, I am sorry to add, 
preferring, to Martock. Saffron Walden is certainly the 
finest purely parochial Perpendiceular interior which I 
have yet seen, that is, remanding Redcliffe to its natural 
architectural position among cathedrals and mitred abbeys. 
The arcades in the two examples are a good deal alike, but 
those at Walden are more elaborate. It may be remem- 
bered that the actual pier at Martock is rather plain; the 
section is of the simplest kind, and the capitals are without 
floriation. At Walden, the section is a little more com- 
plicated, and the capitals, which I need hardly say are 
octagonal, have a flowered enrichment. The work in the 
spandrils is of the same general character in both, but the 
foliation and other ornament at Walden is the more 
elaborate of the two. But the great difference is in the 
elerestory and in the supports of the roofs. At Martock, 
the corbel of the roof forms also the finial of a niche, which 
again rests upon a panelled shaft, corbelled off just above 
the pier, no shaft being carried up from the pier itself. 
The single large window of the clerestory is found insuf- 
ficient to prevent a certain amount of bareness in that 
part, as contrasted with the extreme richness of the work 
immediately below. At Walden all this is wonderfully 
well managed. The clerestory has two windows over 
each arch, their sills being brought down to the string 
over the arch, with a panelled space below each window ; 
