192 ARCHITECTURAL STYLES IN FORDIXGTON CHURCH. 



this forsooth is the structure that some people would perpetuate. 

 The mediaevalists in their sequence would probably have made 

 short shrift of it. Nothing could be done better than that their 

 example should be followed. 



Its plan is set out on the lines of what is known as the 

 " twist " ; i.e., the centre of the east end is north of the long 

 axis of the nave, &c., said to be symbolical of the inclination of 

 our Lord's head on the Cross. 



In style it is that of the Classic Renaissance built in the 

 Georgian period. Its walls are faced externally with alternative 

 courses of flint and plain-faced stones on the south and east 

 sides only, the north being of rubble stone, and the inside is 

 plastered. There are no principals, but it has a simple collared 

 span roof, the sides below the collar being provided with firrings- 

 out for a cove, and it is covered externally with modern tiles. 



It has three windows on the south side and one on the north 

 side, with two (corresponding in size) sham recesses internally. 



The window openings are formed with common-place project- 

 ing sills set on ogee-shaped corbels. The jambs are of worked 

 stone slightly projecting 6in. wide on the face, with 3fin. reveals, 

 having a hollow worked on the outer edge and a bead on the 

 arris. There are also two narrow and plain rustications on each 

 side. The head is finished semi-circular, and provided with a 

 keystone. There is a 3in. by 6in. plain projecting course at the 

 eaves, provided with a modern iron gutter. The gable end is 

 carried up and finished with a water tabling with base plinths at 

 the springing, and a stone chimney arrangement at the apex. The 

 projecting course to the eaves runs round the end. The internal 

 reveals of the windows are of the baldest description, with slightly 

 splayed jambs and no detail to be referred to. The east end is 

 provided with a timber and plaster erection of classic detail, 

 all right in its way, but singularly inappropriate in a mediaeval 

 structure. 



At present it is in a rickety condition, and partly subsiding. 

 The timber is decayed and honeycombed, and large pieces have 

 been easily removed in appearance like a sponge. 



