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after the erection of the nave, as there are distinct marks of a 

 sharp pointed roof both at the west end and against the tower. 

 There are, likewise, some remains of the original perpendicular 

 buttresses of the aisles, some of which on the north side come to a 

 point in front. 



" In the south transept is a large window, the arch in which has 

 certainly been altered, being flat, as likewise the door-way under 

 it. This window has, in all probability, been formerly divided into 

 two or more of a lancet shape. The windows in the chancel are in 

 the style of the reign of Henry the Sixth, or earlier. That which 

 faces the east has undergone some alterations in the disposition of 

 its mullions and tracery. There seems likewise to have been 

 another over it, if we may judge from the cell that remains. The 

 arches in this division of the church are elegantly light, supported 

 by four clustered three quarter columns, the capitals being compos- 

 ed of thin laminae. What is singular, in the construction of these 

 arches, is that the columns diminish in height front the transept to 

 the east end, and the two rows do not answer each other, so that 

 no two are equal as to the length of shafts. The present floor, 

 which is horizontal, covers the bases of part of them, arid exhibits 

 the foundations of others. The north transept seems at one time 

 to have possessed a very considerable degree of elegance, from a 

 pinnacle that remains on the buttress at the east end. The door- 

 way exhibits some receding mouldings and embossed ornaments. 

 A window which is placed over it appears to be of much later date 

 than the transept itself, on account of its numerous divisions and 

 fanciful ramifications. It is greatly too wide in proportion td its 

 height. The north porch is probably the original one. Round the 

 columns are trefoil heads and bands, and a series of plain leaves 

 constitute the capitals. In the tower, already mentioned, are eight 

 windows, two looking towards each of the four cardinal points. 



" The nave is separated from the aisles by five highly-pointed 

 arches supported on four semi-columns clustered against a square 

 somewhat larger than their diameter. The architrave, the abaci 

 of the capitals, which are composed of leaves, some having a small 

 volute, and the flat under side of the arches, are little improved 

 from the heavy massive style of the Norman era. 



" The font presents a singular piece of antiquity. It is very large, 

 and of a clumsy construction. The bottom part of it is a square, 

 of two feet diameter, and is ornamented with figures of men or ba- 

 boons, on three sides, all lying flat on their bellies. On the fourth 



