EDWINSTREE HUNDRED 



BUCKLAND 



iisle and porch were erected and the west wall of 

 the south chapel destroyed. In the 19th century a 

 north vestry was added and the whole church was 

 restored. 



The east window of the chancel with three 

 traceried lights is modern. In the north wall is the 

 modern arch to the vestry ; in the south wall are 

 two 14th-century windows, each of two lights with 

 flowing tracery ; these have been partially restored. 

 Between them is a doorway of the same date, with 

 moulded jambs and arch. At the western end of the 

 wall is a small low-side window with a square head 

 and a sunk splay on the jambs and lintel outside *'" ; 

 the window is 2 ft. 2 in. in height by I ft. i in. in 

 width, and the sill outside is about 3 ft. from the 

 ground. The window is protected by 

 iron bars, and on the inner side are 

 iron hooks on which a casement for- 

 merly hung. A moulded string-course 

 under the window sills internally forms 

 the labels over the south doorway and 

 the low-side window. The 14th-cen- 

 tury chancel arch is of two chamfered 

 orders, the inner one slightly hollowed, 

 with a moulded label on each side, 

 moulded jambs and moulded capitals 

 and bases ; the bases are modern. The 

 chancel roof is modern. 



In the north wall of the nave are 

 three windows of 14th-century date, 

 each of two lights with traceried heads. 

 Under the westernmost window is a 

 blocked north doorway of 1 5th-century 

 date, with low three-centred arch, with 

 two continuously moulded orders, the 

 outer of which forms a square head 

 over the arch. East of the doorway, 

 in the external wall, is a plain round- 

 headed stoup. Set in a splay in the 

 south-east angle of the nave is the door- 

 way to the rood stair ; the stair itself 

 has gone, but the upper doorway re- 

 mains. On the north wall opposite, 

 between the east wall of the nave and 

 the first window, are four corbels which 

 formerly supported the rood-loft ; the 

 upper two are 11 ft. from the floor 

 and the other two 2 ft. 6 in. beneath 

 them. They are about 4 ft. apart, 

 those to the west being set in the inner 

 jamb of the 14th-century window, the 

 moulding of which is worked on them. 

 The south arcade is of three bays 

 and is of about 1480 ; the two-centred arches are of 

 two moulded orders, the outer one continuous and 

 stopping on a splay half-way down the pier, the 

 inner resting on semi-octagonal shafts with moulded 

 capitals and bases. The western arch of the arcade 

 is about 4 ft. wider than the others and has no 

 western respond, the arch being carried on a corbel 

 canred with an angel holding a shield. Partly buried 

 in the eastern respond of the arcade is a portion of 

 the 14th-century east respond and arch vvhich 

 formerly opened into the south chapel ; the details of 

 arch and jambs with their moulded capitals and bases 



'82 The Rev. H. F. Bumaby states that when this window 

 was reopened in 1848 traces of the painting of a figure in red 

 outline were found on the jambs, cf. p. 48, 



are similar to those of the chancel arch. In the 

 eastern respond of the 15th-century arcade are two 

 shallow niches, one on each side back to back ; these 

 appear to be the ends of a squint, now blocked. The 

 nave roof is modern. 



The south aisle has a window in the east wall, 

 two in the south wall and one at the west end, all of 

 15th-century date, each of three cinquefoiled lights 

 under a four-centred arch ; much of the stonework 

 has been renewed. Below the east window is a 14th- 

 century string-course. The 15th-century south door- 

 way has a four-centred arch of two moulded orders 

 under a square head, with traceried spandrels ; much 

 of the stonework has been renewed. In the south- 

 east corner of the aisle is a trefoiled 14th-century 



BucKLAND Church, South-east Corner of Nave, showing 



JUNCTION of I4TH AND 15TH-CENTURY WoRK 



piscina. The roof over the aisle has some i 5th-cen- 

 tury moulded timbers with carved bosses. The south 

 porch has a flat elliptical arch to the doorway of two 

 moulded orders under a square head ; the head stops 

 to the moulded label are much decayed, the inner 

 order rests on moulded capitals. Above the doorway 

 is a small niche with cinquefoiled arch. On each 

 side of the porch is a window with two trefoiled 

 lights under a square head with moulded label and 



grotesque stops. . , ,. , 



The west tower is of three stages with diagonal 

 buttresses ; a low pyramidal roof rises behind an 

 embattled parapet. The late 14th-century tower 

 arch is of three moulded orders, the two outer con- 

 tinuous, the inner resting on semi-octagonal shafts 



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