PARISH AND CHURCH OF PIDDLETRENTHIDE. 7 



The earliest of these works would seem to have been the erection 

 of a chapel at right angles to the old chancel ; this may have 

 been the " Chapel of the Holy Trinity" referred to in the will of 

 Alex. Riston, dated 1392 (Hut chins]. Then the chancel and 



NORMAN DOORWAY. 



nave were rebuilt, the original Norman piers being retained for 

 the chancel arch, and a large and lofty porch added to the south 

 doorway. In the i5th century a beautiful south aisle or chantry 

 of three bays was erected. Its arcade of richly-moulded pillars 

 and arches, with vine-wreathed capitals, is in the best style of 

 Perpendicular work, and gives marked distinction to the interior 

 of the church. Outside it is adorned with fine buttresses, 

 carrying lions of spirited design, gargoyles, and a battlemented 

 parapet. The corbels of the hood-mouldings are carved with 

 considerable ingenuity into likenesses of ecclesiastics, each 



