170 STUDLAND CHURCH. 



the small window. It seems miraculous that the chancel kept erect 

 so long. 



THE SOUTH WALL OP THE CHANCEL 



was made, in all respects, like the northern, and it is again observable 

 that there is a difference between the original rubble and the added 

 ashlar. The angle quoins are Saxon. A moulded Norman window 

 has been inserted, afterwards converted into a doorway, perhaps 

 for the convenience of the clergyman as there is no vestry. 

 In the seventeenth century this window was restored. Over it we 

 find modern ashlar-work, as if to strengthen this wall, which seems 

 the weak part of the church, and here were built in in the old times 

 eave's-course. 



A SQUINT 



of later date points directly in the interior of the church between 

 the choir and the chancel, where there is a raised stone platform 

 about six inches high betwixt the choir and the chancel. 

 Perhaps the altar stood here and the opening was made for the 

 convenience of those attending the Lady Chapel. The squint has 

 a rebate in the head for a wooden shutter, and part of the hooks 

 remain. 



A curious instance of reverence interfering with security came to 

 light on this side. About 1840 a buttress was built at the S.E. 

 angle, thirteen feet high and two feet six inches by two feet, 

 battering slightly on the S. front, solid, notched into the ashlar, and 

 tied in the angle with irons. As the buttress was dragging down 

 the wall orders were given by Mr. Crickmay for removal. Lo ! 

 three feet under the plinth a leaden coffin, a stone three feet square 

 across it, upon which the buttress had been erected ! The coffin 

 had given in three inches. This buttress has not been replaced. 



THE TOWER 



also shows signs of Saxon origin. At first built of square rough 

 rubble-work to the height of the present string-course (in earlier times 

 the eave's-course), half-way up its modern height, and roofed in at 

 the same pitch as the nave and chancel. Then there were no 



