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has attached wall shafts ; the capitals are carved with simple foliage 

 and have a square abacus ; the bases are modern. The arch, which 

 is practically semicircular, had a square inner order formed by the 

 continuation of the jambs, but the edge has been worked off to a 

 small chamfer at a later period. The outer order of the arch has 

 a roll mould on the angle and the chevron on the soffit ; above is 

 a moulded label with the nail-head ornament much varied in design 

 and size. A small pellet ornament occurs on the abacus of the 

 east capital, while the other is simply moulded. The label ter- 

 minals, stopping clear of the latter, consist of heads in which the 

 Malmesbury influence is strongly marked ; the one on the east 

 has a long upper jaw cut through underneath to form the mouth, 

 and two fangs ; the other is smaller and the mouth closed and less 

 pronounced. 



There are distinct evidences of this doorway having been removed 

 from its original position and rebuilt here, and it would seem that 

 the opening was originally somewhat wider, for the stones of the 

 outer ring have been reduced and in one place near the centre the 

 nail-head has been cut through, while there is the suspicion of a 

 ■point in the centre of the arch. 



The wall shafts of the north doorway have their original bases 

 and cushion capitals with moulded abacus, the original outer order 

 of the arch has a large roll mould and a small hollow. The doorway 

 (excepting the inner order of the arch, which is 15th century 

 work) is probably coeval with that on the south. In the 15th 

 century rebuilding the voussoirs of the arch were reduced and the 

 arch converted into a pointed one; the small stones at the apex 

 show how it was patched to assume this form. 



There is no trace of the Lancet period, but the 14th century saw 

 considerable rebuilding. First we must place the rebuilding of 

 the south aisle, which then apparently did not extend westward 

 for the full length of the nave, for only the eastern two bays of 

 the arcade are of this period — probably about 1320. The arches 

 of these two bays are acutely pointed, and are constructed of two 

 orders of chamfers stopping against a drum above the springing. 

 There is no label. The central pillar is octagonal and has moulded 

 capital and base ; the responds are halves of this. 



