76 The Churches of Bulford, Enford, and Fittleton. 



The Church of All Saints, Fittleton. 



This Church consists of clerestoried nave with north and south 

 aisles of three bays, south porch, chancel, and a tower with spire at 

 the west end. 



The earliest feature is the chancel arch, a late Norman one of 

 unusually pointed form ; the jambs and arch are of two orders of 

 splays, the inner stDpped above the abacus — a bold splayed and 

 moulded one 6in. deep. The stone corbels supporting the later 

 roof of the nave (excepting those to the eastern truss) and the 

 curious little heads at the springing of the clerestory windows, look 

 like the work of this period, as also does the font, which has a 

 circular bowl 2ft. lOin. in diameter, the sides slightly tapered, and 

 with roll moulds on top and bottom edges ; around the sides are 

 eight vertical bars, alternately convex and flat on the surface, and 

 a sort of diaper pattern. The stem is modern. 



There seems to be no work of the 13th century, with the possible 

 exception of the flat buttress at the west end of the south aisle, 

 close to the tower. 



The re-building of the Church appears to have been begun by 

 the erection of the nave arcades at the end of the 13th century, 

 followed by the chancel, before the middle of the 14th, and immedi- 

 ately after this by the tower and spire, the former projecting into 

 the nave to the extent of nearly half of the first bay of the arcade, 

 but standing clear of it. Then came the south aisle, after that the 

 north aisle — both before the end of the century. The clerestory 

 was added, and the still-existing roof put on the nave, late in the 

 15th century. The porch is a bad specimen of Elizabethan Gothic. 



Both arcades are alike, with octagonal columns and semi-octagonal 

 responds, all having moulded capitals and bases. The arches are 

 of two orders of splays — the outer stopping on an octagonal drum 

 over the cap. There are no labels. The clerestory has three two- 

 light windows on each side with outer labels. The roof of the nave 

 is a good specimen of simple work ; it has main principals over the 

 piers with tie-beams, braces, and uprights supporting the ridge 



