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west tower and perhaps the nave aisles were built 

 about the middle of the 14th century; the south 

 chapel dates from the close of the 14th century ; the 

 clearstory was added about 14 10, and the nave arcades 

 appear to have been rebuilt at the same time, and 

 probably also the south porch and the old vestry, now 

 part of the organ chamber ; the rest of the organ 

 chamber occupies a chapel built late in the 15th 

 century between the old vestry and the north tran- 

 sept. During the 1 9th century the present vestry was 

 partitioned off and the whole of the external stonework 

 renewed and a great deal of stonework internally. 



The five-light traceried east window of the chancel 

 is modern. In the north wall is a 15th-century 

 doorway opening into the vestry, with continuous 

 mouldings to arch and jambs, witli carved heads 

 inserted at the springing of the arch. The oak door 

 is original, but has been painted ; the door had 



is modern stonework. On the south side of the 

 chancel is a 15th-century piscina with moulded jambs 

 and arch under a square head. The chancel roof is 



cinquefoil-hcaded piscina, which has been restored. 

 Adjoining it is a sedile with cinqucfoiled head ; the 

 moulded label forms an ogee arch over piscina and 

 sedile. 



The nave has north and south arcades of five bays; 

 those opening into the transepts are wider and loftier 

 than the others. Both the eastern angles of the nave 

 are splayed to receive the doorways to the stairs — of 

 which there are two— to the rood-loft and roof 

 above. Both turrets are carried well above the roof 



[UBS Cent. [ South Aisl 



tHElS* Century 

 □Modern 



Plan < 



South Chapel 





originally three stock locks of oak, one of which is 



still in position and another is in the vestry cupboard. 



To the west of the doorway is a coarsely moulded arch 



of late 15th-century work opening into the organ 



chamber. In the south wall is a modern three-light 



window. Adjoining it is a large round-headed arch, 



subdivided beneath into two lancet arches resting on 



a central shaft of Purbeck marble ; the arches arc well 



moulded and the spandrels of the inner arches are 



filled with tracery. The central shaft is composed of jambs and arches being original. The roof belongs 



four grouped shafts separated by hollows ; the work to the 1 5 th century, but has been restored ; the 



and are finished with embattled parapets. The north 

 turret has still the lower and roof doorways, but that 

 to the rood-loft is blocked; the south turret doorways 

 are blocked. The arches of the arcades are of two 

 moulded orders, the outer being continuous, the inner 

 carried on shafted jambs with moulded capitals and 

 bases. On each side of the nave are four clearstory 

 windows, each of three lights under a segmental arch, 

 but most of the stonework is modern, only the 



is of the late 14th century. Part of a I3th-c 

 window still remains to the east of the arch. The 

 chancel arch is of two moulded orders, the outer one 

 continuous, the inner one carried on grouped shafts 

 with moulded capitals and bases ; it appears to have 

 been rebuilt in the early part of the 15th century. 

 The 15th-century clearstory has three windows on 

 each side, of two cinquefoiled lights, much of which 



have traceried spandrels, supported 1 

 corbels carved with half-figures of saints or apostles. 

 There are some heraldic shields as bosses at the 

 intersection of the timbers. 



In the north wall of the north transept is a large 

 five-light traceried window, nearly all of which is of 

 modem stonework ; the inner jambs are original and 

 have an early 14th-century wave moulding with stops. 



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