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Archeology. 



SAXON AND NORMAN. 



EARLY ENGLISH. 



DECORATED. 



East Wick- 

 ham Church 



(St. Michael) 



Eltham 

 Palace. 



Erith Church 



(St. John's) 



Farningham 

 Church. 



Probably built before 

 1270, because Henry III. 

 kept a grand public 

 Christmas here. Hall 

 was formerly surrounded 

 by a moat, a part of 

 which still remains. 

 Roof, which bears some 

 resemblance to West- 

 minster Hall, is very fine 

 and rich. Hall is 101 ft. 

 long and 36 ft. wide, 10 

 windows on each side, 

 beside the oriels at the 

 ends which are 14 ft. 

 wide and nearly 10 ft. 

 deep. It was traversed 

 by a screen profusely 

 decorated and having a 

 music gallery over it, 

 whole of which was 

 entire in 1782. 



Chancel, Norman walls ; 

 E. wall was ornamented 

 with an arcade. N. wall : 

 parts of 2 round-headed 

 windows. S. Wall : simi- 

 lar windows, western 

 one remains complete 

 Outside chancel at N.W 

 corner now hidden by 

 buttress is the bedding 

 of a small Norman door- 

 way. Colour work in red 

 outline : 5-leaved roses 

 Portions of Roman tiles 

 were used in parts of the 

 work, S. wall of church 

 Ruins of Saxon win- 

 dows in N. wall oi 

 chancel. 



Chancel : High 

 without mouldings in 

 each wall of chancel 

 (now blocked). Two 

 chapels built. Top of 

 Norman arcades in E. 

 wall were cut off, and 

 3 lancets put there. Ar- 

 cade of 3 arches divides 

 nave from S. aisle. In 

 middle of W. wall of 

 nave can be seen out- 

 line of pointed doorway. 

 Appears to have been 

 the great western door 

 of the period. N. door 

 oak, with elegant hin- 

 ges ; colour work con- 

 tinued. 



Chancel seems E.E., and 

 nave of same date, with 

 small windows on either 

 side. Steps to rood loft 

 at E. end of N. wall are 

 still remaining. E.E 

 piscina is a double one, 

 with single column 

 moulded cap & base & 

 unmoulded arches ; also 

 plain unmoulded recess 

 in S. wall of chancel 

 probably for sedilia. 



arches Lady Chapel : An arch 

 tie beam in roof. Rood 

 staircase constructed 

 woodwork of roofs to 

 nave aisle and Lady 

 Chapel. Tower, and re- 

 built in 1877. 



Door with water stoup in 

 N. wall of nave. New 

 porch built round thiB 

 (Decorated). 



