20 TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Hautenvllle: — 'The style of tliis cliurch is Pei*pendicular, 

 tliis, tlierefore, is tlie character of the platform to which I 

 Avisli to (Iraw your attention. It is carrietl across the width 

 of the porch, the enJs of the two beams Avhich support it 

 being inserted in the side walls, and it seems as if the mould- 

 ing on the front had originally been carried downward in 

 an arched form at each end so as to rest on corbels; as on 

 rcmoving the yellovv dab, square holes wero found beneath 

 the line of the front. The stone moulding of the doorway, 

 above the platform has been cut away, so that the beam 

 next the wall rests on the projection thus formcd. On the 

 two beams the floor must have been placed, but bclow this 

 there is a framework, deeply moulded on the xinder side, 

 which evidently contained panels. The whole of this 

 platfoinii was highly coloured, the red being still visible 

 (as Avas the niche). Access to it was gained by a staircase 

 formed in the thickness of the east wall of the porch.' Mr. 

 Plantenville says he is informed that the staircase is an 

 addition to the porch, and suggests that the platform from 

 its small size and the fact of its having a. moulded front, 

 could be no part of the parvise floor. In this I quite 

 agree with him. The measuremcnt of the porch is 13ft. 

 long inside, by 16ft. wide; the gallery lOft. long by 3ft. 

 wide; the moulding in front Ift. As it remains a subject 

 of discussion among those raembers of our Society most 

 competent to give a decided opinion on the subject, I will 

 off'er one fact, which, it appears to me, may account for its 

 construction. It seems quite evident that the gallery was 

 added to the porch long after its erection. During the 14th 

 Century we find ceremonies accumulated, which would 

 require additions and alterations in the original plan of the 

 fabric for their observance. Mosheim teils us that the 

 other additions that were made in the Eoman ritual in the 



