By C. E. Pontinrj, F.8.A. 423 



with tfiafc of the tower, but a good deal of re-building has been 

 done ill the north wall, only ; each aisle has four three-light pointed 

 windows with returned labels and shields, and a four-centred 

 doorway in the middle, a buttress comes between each pair of 

 windows and a diagonal one at the east angle of each aisle — the 

 five bays corresponding with those of the arcades. Tlie latter liave 

 lofty octagonal columns with moulded caps and bases, the responds 

 being demi-columns, the arches are pointed and of two orders of 

 hollows; there is no clerestory. The arches at the ends of the 

 nave, opening into chancel and tower respectively, are practically 

 alike, and have similar mouldings to the arcades, but in the former 

 these are continued down the jambs and stopped on a splayed base. 

 (Plate VII.) 



The roofs of the nave and aisles form one continuous span 

 on the outside, but inside they are diCferently treated. The 

 nave roof is of five bays divided by circular moulded principal 

 braces and intermediates, with tie-beams at the former, over the 

 columns, having wall shafts and corbels of wood. There are three 

 moulded purlins intersecting with the principals, where there are 

 carved bases; a moulded and embattled cornice is carried along 

 at the level of the v^all-plate. In the aisles each roof is divided 

 into nine bays by flat moulded principals which are intersected by 

 one purlin. There are braces below the principals on the arcade 

 sides, and there is evidence of wall pieces and braces, since removed, 

 against the outer walls. 



The south porch^ is a good freestone erection, coeval with the 

 aisles, and the same base mould is continued around it; there are 

 diagonal buttresses at the angles ; the outer doorway has a four- 

 centred moulded arch with label similar to that of the windows. 

 The old roof with moulded ril)s and braces is preserved. Over 

 th»; north door on the outside is a stone shield of the (loddanl 

 arms. 



The rood loft was a[)[)roached by the stair in the north jamb of 

 the chancel arch, the upper doorway and a corresponding opening 



' Before the restoration of 1874 the place of tlie present ^able cross was 

 occupied liy a tlirer-sidcil sloiu' sundial without ornaiu<nt. 

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