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greater scale at Eruton, and at tlie east of it there was 

 added a large cliapel, wlüch tlirevv the transept into in- 

 significance. The church was in the Perpendicular stjle ; 

 but it w'as not a good specimen, and there was only one of 

 those elegant windows which were found in so many 

 churches in the coiinty. There was also an awkwardness 

 in putting together the sevex'al parts. Those who knew 

 Yatton Church would remember what a splendid compo- 

 sition the front was, but here there was nothing of the 

 sort ; the tower was rather lofty and slender, but poorly 

 finished, and instead of a beautiful open parapet at the top, 

 there was one not pierced but merely panelled. Mr. Free- 

 man gave also a description of the interior of the church, 

 but not before many of the Company had expressed an 

 opinion, notwithstanding the severity of bis strictures, that 

 the effect externally was good. He said that originally 

 there appeared to have been a cross church, of the period 

 of the transition from Norman to Early English. That 

 was a much smaller building than the present, as was 

 shewn by the four lantern arches, which were not in the 

 least adapted to the proportions of the present church. 

 The doorway (which was highly ornamented) might be 

 later, but he did not know that it was necessarily so, as it 

 was by no means an uncommon practice, where a church 

 was very piain, to concentrate 'all the ornament on one 

 featiu'e, which was very often the south doorway. There 

 was a very good reason for selecting this part, because it 

 was one that could be contemplated by itself, whereas, if 

 one or two pillars or arches were decorated more than the 

 others, the whole building would appear inharmonious. 

 Then, the greater part of the church was reconstructed in 

 Perpendicular times. There must also have been some- 

 thing done intermediately, as there was one singularly 



