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CHOBHAM 



galleries and high pews removed. In 1892 the west 

 porch was reconstructed, a few old timbers being used. 

 In 1898 the whole of the chancel and the chapel east 

 of the south aisle were rebuilt. 



In the east wall of the modern chancel is a triplet 

 of lancets, and in the north wall is a single lancet, also 

 modern. The old chancel had a second north win- 

 dow and a south doorway, but these were removed at 

 the rebuilding. The chancel arch is two-centred and 

 of one moulded order springing from scalloped corbels. 



The south arcade of the nave is of five bays, the 

 eastern bay, which opens to the south chapel, not being 

 continuous with the rest. It has been lately rebuilt, 

 and is a copy of the late 1 2th-century arcades, but 

 without the half-round responds. 



The next three bays have two large circular 

 columns and a half-round east respond, all with 

 moulded bases and scalloped capitals. The columns 

 and arches are of chalk, the latter being two-centred 

 and of a single order with cham- 

 fered edges and a splayed label 

 towards the nave. The middle 

 arch of the three is lower than the 

 others, and the western half of the 

 third arch seems to have been re- 

 built, perhaps in the I3th century, 

 at the lengthening of the church. 



The second capital fits its column 

 clumsily, and the arrangement of 

 the scallops on the south side and 

 the jointing suggest that it has 

 been made up with the capital of 

 the original west respond. The 

 western bay is similar to the others 

 as regards the arch, but has square 

 piers with chamfered edges, and a 

 respond to match. The abaci 

 throughout are grooved and cham- 

 fered. 



The two early windows already 

 mentioned occur over the second 

 bay from the east and the second 

 circular column respectively. They 

 can only be seen on the nave side, 

 and appear as deeply splayed round- 

 headed openings, with part of the 

 stone head showing in the western 

 one, all the rest being plastered. 



The south chapel, which is practically a continua- 

 tion of the south aisle, has a modern east window of 

 two trefoiled lights with a pierced quatrefoil spandrel, 

 and in the south wall are two modern lancets. 



Below the sill of these lancets is inserted the head 

 of a narrow round-headed recess of uncertain origin. 



There is a modern two-centred arch with cham- 

 fered orders between the transept and the aisle. 



There are two south windows in the south aisle, 

 one of 15th-century date though much restored, and 

 the other a modern copy of the same. They have 

 each three cinquefoiled lights under a square head 

 without a label, and their inner splays are old with 

 stout wood lintels in the place of rear-arches. To 

 the west of them is the south doorway, which is of 

 late 15th-century date and has hollow-chamfered 

 jambs and a four-centred head, with a wood lintel in- 

 side like the windows. The west window of the aisle 

 is modern and has two trefoiled lights with a pierced 

 circle in the spandrel. 



The modern north arcade to the nave is of five 

 bays with double shafts of a very meagre description 

 with moulded bases and carved capitals, and the two- 

 centred arches are of one order with moulded edges. 

 The north-east window of the north aisle and that in 

 the west wall are of I 3th-century design, the remain- 

 ing four being of 15th-century character, and in the 

 east wall of this aisle is the doorway to the vestry. 



The tower arch is of 15th-century date with two 

 chamfered orders, and the west doorway, which has a 

 moulded two-centred arch, is covered by an oak porch 

 which is all new except its four-centred outer arch and 

 parts of its panelled western uprights, which are 15th- 

 century work. In the south wall of the tower is a 

 small doorway leading to the stair-turret. The tower 

 is faced with Heath stone, and is in two tall stages 

 with an embattled parapet, a short octagonal leaded 

 spire, and plain two-light belfry windows ; the west 

 window over the doorway is of three cinquefoiled 



CHOBHAM CHURCH : NAVE, SHOWING EARLY WINDOWS 



lights with tracery, and over it, partly hidden by a 

 clock face, is a small single light. 



The wall of the south aisle is built in a chequer 

 pattern of Heath stone and ironstone conglomerate, 

 and all the modern walling is entirely of this con- 

 glomerate. The roofs are tiled, that of the nave con- 

 tinuing without a break over the aisles, the eaves 

 courses on the south side being of Horsham slates. 



Near the south-east angle of the south chapel is an 

 old dial-stone about 9 in. square, with two concentre 

 circles within which are ten radiating lines unequally 

 spaced. 



The timbers of the nave roof are modern covered 

 with modern boarding, but there are four massive old 

 tie-beams still in position. The south aisle has an old 

 roof with vertical posts on the north side standing 

 clear of the wall and resting on wood brackets ; from 

 these spring struts to the purlin, which is further 

 strengthened by curved wind-braces. All the other 

 roofs are modern. 



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