214 THE CHURCH OF WOOTTON GLANVILLE. 



wall is some nine inches thicker below the windows than else- 

 where. This is to allow for the construction of the arched 

 recesses beneath the windows. Notice also that the east window 

 of the chapel is nearly flush with the exterior of the wall, thus 

 differing very markedly from the southern windows. The reason 

 of this variation will be apparent when it is observed that space 

 was required for the altar slab to rest on the sill below the east 

 window within the chapel, thus obliging the mullions and tracery 

 to be pushed eastward as far as possible. This east window had 

 been blocked internally by the monument of Mrs. Leigh, who 

 died in 1783, but, says Hutchins' Second Edition, the obstruction 

 was removed in 1806, when the monuments were repaired. 



Another point to be noticed is that the chapel, and, indeed, 

 all the old church, including the tower, was at one time plastered 

 on the exterior and interior. The pick-marks on the Ham stones, 

 to enable the plaster to adhere, are in many places visible. This 

 plaster was removed in 1875, and, as far as the outer coat was 

 concerned, to the obvious detriment of the building, and the 

 clamp is now extensively finding its way in. 



The most remarkable feature in connection with the chapel is 

 thr large, ribbed, skew archway, through which the double 

 hagioscope opens into the chancel. This had been mutilated 

 and blocked up on the chancel side, but was opened out at the 

 restoration. The little carved head on the north-east side was 

 found, I am told, built up elsewhere in the chancel wall, and was 

 replaced in its old position, to which it accurately fitted. The 

 cornice is a regrettable addition, made in 1875. 



I may add that, at the date of the restoration, this chapel 

 seems to have been claimed by Mr. Sturt, now Lord Alington, 

 who relinquished, though he did not convey, whatever right he 

 had in it to the Dale family, by whom it was placed in its 

 present condition of repair. 



Leaving the chantry, we may turn our attention to the porch, 

 south wall of the nave, and the western tower. All these are 

 Mil)M-quent to the date of the chapel, and were built in 

 "Perpendicular" times. 



