70 The Churches of Bulford, Enford, and Fittleton. 



caps. The label stops above the circular abacus in head terminals 

 of early type. The bases are hidden by the raising of the floor. 



There are two corbels of the early roof in the north wall at about 

 5ft. below the present flat ceiling, and about 3ft. above these (but 

 not exactly over) there are two which belonged to a later roof ; both 

 of these roofs have disappeared. A 13th century buttress remains 

 at the south-east angle of the nave. 



Towards the end of the 14th century the west wall of the nave 

 was re-modelled by the insertion of a three-light Transitional 

 window, and the addition of two diagonal buttresses having a single 

 set-off. A little later the only window now in the north wall of 

 the nave (a two-light square-headed one) was inserted, also the 

 rather plain doorway, now built up, the inner arch of which, formed 

 of two straight lines, has led to its being considered Saxon work ! 



The east window of the chancel must have been a charming 

 feature when intact — it was a three-light, slightly pointed (cir. 1450), 

 the jambs and arch richly moulded inside and out ; the large hollow 

 inside is occupied by two panels on each jamb with ogee cusped 

 and crooketted heads, and corbels forming flat niches, the arch 

 being panelled and sub-divided by a mullion. The mullions and 

 tracery of the window have been lost — probably crushed by settle- 

 ments — and wooden mullions have taken their place. The roof of 

 the chancel is coeval with this, but it has been much mutilated and 

 altered by repair. It was of hammer-beam type, and had two 

 intermediate and two wall trusses : these, together with the purlins, 

 ridge-pole, wall-plates, and even' the rafters, are richly moulded. 

 The roof was covered with lead within living memory, it is now 

 slated. 



I have left the tower out of its chronological order that I might 

 describe it separately. It is clear from what remains that it was 

 once a very fine feature of early 14th century date, and the pro- 

 jection of the buttresses indicates considerable height in the main 

 structure. Only the lower stage, however, is left, and much of 

 this has been re-built in consequence of defective foundations. 

 There are two buttresses on the south projecting 5ft., and two of 

 less projection at the sides, the one on the west having been re-built 



