By the Rev. F. H. Manley. 



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similar window to those on the south. Internally the roof is con- 

 structed with arched rafters, divided into four bays with moulded 

 ribs and with moulded side timbers on each side, at the junctions of 

 which with the cross ribs are small carved bosses. The inner sills of 

 the south windows are carried down to form seats, and the space 

 between the sills and seats is ornamented with simple panelling. 

 The eastern seat would form the sedile, and is some 18in. higher 

 than that in the western window. In the south-east angle is a 

 pretty little piscina with ornamental head, and a shelf at the back 

 for the cruets. Immediately following the re-building of the 

 chancel came the alteration of the nave, which is an instructive 

 example in medieval re-building. The old south wall was ap- 

 parently left standing until the present wall was completed outside 

 the former. When this was finished the old wall was taken away, 

 thus throwing the old chancel arch out of centre of the new widened 

 nave. The south wall has two large square four-light windows 

 with a very poor south door between. This is protected by a simple 

 contemporary porch, which retains its original open timber roof 

 of arched rafters and has stone seats against its east and west walls. 

 The nave roof is of similar construction to that of the chancel, but 

 the plastering in front of its arched rafters has been removed and 

 the moulded side timbers with the bosses are lost. The font is 

 octagonal with panelled sides and pedestal of late 15th century 

 work. As soon as the nave was nearly completed the building of 

 the west tower was taken in hand. The arch of connection to the 

 Church is a lofty one with continuous jamb and arch mouldings, 

 and is in centre with the widened nave. It is three stages in 

 height, divided by string courses and surmounted by a plain 

 battlemented parapet and angle pinnacles and strengthened at the 

 angles by diagonal buttresses. The belfry stage has a two-light 

 square-headed window in each face. On the south side is a bold 

 projecting stair turret, square in the first stage and semi-octagonal 

 in the second. It was originally entered by a small doorway inside 

 the tower. The west window to the Church is of three lights, and 

 the label terminals left in blocks have never been finished. There 

 is a small very late doorway inserted under this window. At the 



