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we have a very perfect example in that of Weston church, 

 shown also by a sketch. Of Decorated arcades very many 

 examples exist, as at Madeley. They mostly consist of two 

 orders of arches, splayed or moulded on the outer edge, 

 and are generally enriched by a hood mould. Of Perpen- 

 dicular arcades there are also many examples, as at Brewood, 

 Alrewas, and elsewhere ; and here the four- centred arch is 

 often used, and its mouldings consist principally of hollows, 

 the hood mould not being often employed. 



Of the Pillars supporting these arches, those of the 

 Norman period are mostly round and massive compared 

 with their height, as at Tutbury. The transition from Nor- 

 man to Early English is clearly shown at Checkley, where 

 the shaft has become comparatively slender and its form 

 varied on plan. The Early English pier is either circular, oc- 

 tagonal, or multiform, and is well illustrated at Weston. The 

 Decorated pier is generally octagonal, but sometimes round 

 and multiform, as at Over Arley, Tarn worth, and elsewhere. 

 The Perpendicular pier is generally of slender proportions, 

 and is sometimes octagonal and sometimes multiform, having 

 large hollows in the inner angles of its plan. Of the caps 

 and bases to these piers I need say but little, but in 

 Norman work the caps are of simple character. In Early 

 English they become elaborately moulded ; in Decorated, 

 carving is often introduced into them ; whilst in Perpen- 

 dicular times they are not unfrequently ornamented with 

 small battlements. Bases to piers follow the manner of 

 those of walls, before referred to. In Norman and Early 

 English work they are simple in form, but in Decorated 

 and Perpendicular they rise considerably up the pier and 

 are more or less elaborately moulded. 



