418 Notes on the Churches of Ashley, Berivick Bassett, etc. 



Outside there is a buttress of this period westward of the porch. 

 The aisle is divided from the nave by an arcade of three bays of 

 arches of two orders — the outer chamfered and the inner moulded 

 — with moulded labels ; these are supported on piers having four 

 clustered shafts and carved capitals. The bases are apparently 

 buried under the new tiled floor laid at a higher level. The eastern 

 bay of the three is wider and an earlier semi-circular arch, re-set^ 

 is carried across from the pier to the south wall. A later arch is 

 carried in like manner from the other pier. The outer wall of the 

 eastern bay was re-built wider with a new window, and gabled as 

 a transept, probably in the fourteenth century, and the gable cross 

 looks old. The western bay has a two-light square-headed Per- 

 pendicular window. 



The north wall of the nave has been re-built with two two-light 

 windows. The ceiling is a plastered barrel vault, and probably 

 conceals an old braced-rafter roof. There are two corbels in the 

 south wall under this, near the east end.- 



The porch retains an outer arch of the fourteenth century. 



The tower is a square embattled structure covered with ivy ; 

 sufficient can be seen to show that the upper stage is of the 

 fifteenth century. The arch opening into the nave is of early 

 fourteenth century character — a pointed arch of two orders of 

 chamfers, the inner dying on to the jambs and the outer chamfer 

 carried down : the west window of the tower is of the same type, 

 two-lights with ogee heads. 



The font is somewhat unusual ; a circular bowl with mouldings 

 of fourteenth century type, on modern base and plinth. 



The chancel was re-built in 1858, and the only part of the old 

 work preserved is a peculiar piscina of the fourteenth century. It 

 is detached from the wall and consists of a semi-octagonal bowl 

 and shaft supported by a corbel-head, the latter presenting the 

 unusual feature of a corbel standing on the floor. The question 

 has naturally been raised whether this was ever used for another 

 purpose (Plate II.). 



The windows contain some rather modern-looking medallions of 

 Flemish glass representing events in the life of our Lord. 



