610 Tisbury Church. 



The South Transept. Immediately abutting the south-east pier 

 of the tower is a small doorway to the staircase leading to the bell 

 floor ; to this staircase the blocked window mentioned in the 

 description of the chancel belonged. There is also another light, 

 now partly blocked by the modern organ floor. Near this door is 

 the modern door to the vestry, above which is an arch for the 

 organ. Inside the vestry can be seen near the floor level a small 

 circular window, which formerly lit the crypt. At the southern end 

 is the projecting stone roofed staircase, witli two narrow slits for 

 lighting the stairs down. Eeturning to the Church, in the south- 

 east corner is a walled-up aumbry, and on the south face a piscina 

 with shelf, in a plain pointed arch. Close to this is the doorway 

 and stairs down to the crypt. The crypt doorway below still exists, 

 but blocked up. This crypt has been filled up and the floor above 

 lowered about two feet to make it level with the aisle. Formerly 

 it was raised above the rest of the Church, and had an altar at 

 the east end. Over the stairs is the three-light window described 

 in the account of the outside. The roof of this transept is modern, 

 of wagon-shaped rafters, with double collars, and is boarded to 

 follow the pitch. The west side is nothing now but one large arch ; 

 the walling is mostly rough ashlar, except by the tower stairs, 

 where it is of rubble in small stones. This transept was the chapel 

 of St. John the Baptist according to the Eev. F. Chanter, but this 

 seems to me improbable, as the Church itself is dedicated to St. 

 John the Baptist. I would suggest this was the Chapel of St. 

 John the Evangelist. 



The South Aisle. The walling of this aisle is rough ashlar and 

 rubble mixed. Over the south-east part of the arch to the transept 

 are traces of a coping, or drip course, at a steep pitch, perhaps the 

 only remains of a chapel or early aisle to the transept ; and in the 

 south wall are four long narrow chases, walled up. These seem 

 to be the remains of the position of the principals of an earlier 

 roof than the present one. I am inclined to think the aisles were 

 built about 1300, whilst the old nave arcade was standing, and 

 that when the fifteenth century arcade was built the aisle roof had 



