By C. E. Pouting, F.S.A. 



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with the exception of a small roll on the west edge of the latter, 

 hut there is evidence of an inner order having heen cut away to 

 widen the opening. This arch can hardly he later than 1130. 



The chancel itself dates from about ] 180, and possesses a fine 

 corbel-table under the eaves on north and south, and three windows 

 of this period. Only one of the latter is intact — the westernmost 

 on the north side ; this is a lancet about 7in. wide and 4ft. high, 

 slightly pointed, with rebate and splay outside; inside the jambs 

 are splayed to a width of 4ft. Gin, and this splay is carried over the 

 arch, but it is semicircular and does not closely follow the pointed 

 head. The two windows in the south wall have the same inner 

 splay and arch, but the jambs were set back and the openings 

 widened to 1ft. 7in. and new ogee cusped heads inserted in the 

 14th century (both are now partly blocked with brickwork) . The 

 window on the north of the sanctuary is a two-light square-headed 

 one of 16th century date, with label outside. The lights have 

 four- centred heads without cusps. In the south wall there is a 

 coeval piscina with trefoil arch and bowl intact — the shelf has been 

 removed. Close to the east wall on north and south are corbels 

 apparently intended to support a beam. 



The walls of the nave are only slightly later than the chancel 

 (cir. 1200), and retain one of the original, lancets, 8in. wide, on the 

 south side, westward of the door. This has only a small splay 

 outside (no rebate), the inside splay, like that of the chancel 

 windows, widens out to 4ft. 6in., but the arch is slightly pointed. 

 There were only two windows in the south wall originally ; the 

 eastern one retains its inner splay and arch, but outside it has 

 been cut away and a square window inserted. Between this 

 and the east wall of the nave a window of somewhat unusual 

 type was inserted in the 14th century, probably to give 

 more light to the side altar here. Above this window, near the 

 angle, is a corbel which doubtless supported the rood-loft-beam ; the 

 one on the north has been lost in forming the modern transept 

 arch. The south doorway is of the same period ; it is a beautiful 

 feature — the arch, of one order, consisting of a bold roll-member 

 carried on attached jamb shafts with conventional carving in the 



