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wall of the chancel we can see how Norman ashlar was inserted 

 in the earlier Saxon rubble wall. Above the foundation there are 

 5 or 6 feet of rough rubble work, then comes a belt of ashlar 

 into which a pure Norman window has been inserted. Above the 

 window there is again rubble till the roof is reached, where there 

 is more Norman work. The south wall of the chancel also shows 

 earlier rubble and added ashlar. The angle quoins are Saxon. 

 A moulded Norman window was converted into a doorway (there 

 was no vestry), but in the Seventeenth Century it was restored 

 as a window. 



On the top of the north wall, near the tower, is a small door- 

 way leading to the tower and to a priest's chamber over the chancel. 

 The door would be reached by a ladder, and while there was no 

 rectory the chamber would furnish accommodation for a travelling 

 priest. 



The exterior of the nave shows on the north wall a series of 

 corbels carved in a way which indicates two stages, and, indeed, 

 two different periods of civilization. The earlier, which are more 

 weatherworn or are purposely defaced, show a want of refinement 

 which is hardly credible. They are said to represent vices expelled 

 from the Church, but if this was their meaning it was shown 

 with a coarseness which was found intolerable. The later Norman 

 carving shows designs of animals and flowers executed with much 

 skill. 



The south wall of the nave is mainly rubble work up to the 

 eaves course. The porch is modern. On both north and south 

 side there were originally two narrow Saxon windows, and 

 Norman jambs and arches were inserted in the outside part of 

 the window so that we now have two arches, one inside the other. 

 The north-east window was cut through in the Eighteenth Century 

 to give access to an inside gallery along the north side of the nave. 



The west end seems to have been a plain Saxon wall, without 

 window, rising to the eaves course. The gable has been rebuilt, 

 and now carries a Maltese Cross. 



The tower was begun by the Saxon builders. It was built 

 of rubble to the string course, about half its present height, and 

 roofed at the same pitch as the nave. It was without buttresses, 

 and had two small windows in the centre of the north and south 

 walls. The Normans strengthened the work by outside buttresses, 

 by massive columns and arches inside, and then carried upwards 

 their new superstructure of ashlar, working it in with the new 

 outside buttresses. They intended to carry the work six feet higher 

 than it is now. At thel top there are the lower parts of four 

 windows, intended to be finished off with round arches. But the 

 mixed work below showed weakness, and the windows were built 

 up level with the walling. The west wall of the tower contains 

 a square-headed doorway, at the bottom of which a groove has 

 been cut to admit the largest bell. There were four bells hung 

 in the loft. In the north wall a Norman window has been inserted 



