A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



doors all have four-centred heads. The two-centred 

 arch at the west end, opening into thesouth transept, 

 is of the i 3th century, of three continuous chamfered 

 orders, and immediately to the south of it is a plain 

 narrow doorway of the 15th century, also leading to 

 the south transept, which was inserted when the 

 chapel was widened. 



In the east wall of the chapel are two brackets, 

 each carved with an angel bearing a shield, one on 

 each side of the east window. The roof retains 

 much of its late 1 5th-century woodwork. 



The nave, of which the axial line is about 6 ft. 

 south of that of the chancel, has a 13th-century arch 

 at the north-east and south-east, opening into the 

 chapels west of the transepts. Both bases and capitals 

 of the arch on the south side are modern, but on the 

 north side the bases are old. The responds are 



The chapel, which opens to the transept through 

 the semi-arch, has a modern west window of two 

 lights. 



The south transept retains older detail than any 

 other part of the church. In the east wall is a lancet 

 window of the 13th century, now blocked, and to 

 the north of it is a large trefoiled recess of the tame 

 period. Both are set high in the wall, and the latter 

 is cut into on the north side by the arch leading to 

 the south chapel. The archway which opem to the 

 chapel west of the transept is a fine example of the 

 work of about 1 240, and shows traces of having been 

 rebuilt in the position it now occupies. The arch 

 is of two orders, deeply moulded with richly under- 

 cut rolls and hollows. The two innermost rolls have 

 fillets and the rest are plain. The responds have 

 their engaged round shafts with dog-tooth o 



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half-octagonal, and the arches are two-centred, of 

 three chamfered orders. There are three two- 

 centred modern windows of three lights, with 

 tracery of three quatrefoils, in the north and in the 

 south walls. The north door, which is much re- 

 paired, isof the 15th century,and the south doorway 

 is modern. To the north of the chancel arch is a 

 moulded piscina of the late 14th century. In the 

 roof are six small modern dormer lights. 



The north transept has a north window of four 

 trefoiled lights with tracery above ; it is possibly of 

 the 15th century, but has been wholly restored. 

 Below it is a doorway with a two-centred head. In 

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 vestry, which is moder 



the north wall and 

 another two-light windo 

 the south of the doorw 



two-light window 

 exterior doorway and 

 l the west wall. To 

 y from the transept 



rch or flying buttress of the 13th century. 



between them, which has been much restored. The 

 capitals are foliated and the bases are modern. 



The south window of the transept is wholly 

 renewed, and is of four trefoiled lights with geometri- 

 cal tracery in a two-centred head. The chapel 

 has modern south and west windows, both of two 

 trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil over, in a two- 

 centred head. 



The roof of the south transept is largely of late 

 1 5th-century date, and is ornamented with modern 

 colour ; the wall plates rest on modern foliated 

 corbels. 



The lofty tower arch is of about 1440, and is of 

 three weakly moulded orders. It is two-centred and 

 has a label with return stops. The west doorway has 

 a two-centred arch in a square head, with tracery in 

 the spandrels. Both it and the window above it are 

 original work of the 15th century. At the south- 

 west angle of the tower a door gives access to a turret 



