346 The Churches of Sherston, Cordon, and Netheravon. 



which meet over . the piers on Norman monster terminals of the 

 Malmesbury type. Inside there is a triple arch with nail-head 

 ornament and labels, carried on detached shafts with moulded caps 

 and bases. A string-course is carried across the end and along the 

 sides below the windows. The east window is also a triple one 

 with the central light carried up, but the heads are trefoil in form 

 and there are no labels ; the inner splays are very wide and the 

 whole window is spanned by a cinquefoiled arch, as at Down 

 Ampney. The right-hand splay retains traces of colour decoration , 

 a man holding a book, and by the window is a piscina, the arch of 

 which looks later than the bowl, which latter is coeval with the 

 walls. The gable cross of simple form with cusped arms is the 

 original one. Near the ground on the east side is an arch of rubble 

 masonry looking like the relieving arch over an opening 2ft. wide ; 

 on removing the filling of this, which was quite loose, I found that 

 it only extends to within 9in. of the inside face of the wall, and 

 this part is walled up solid. It is difficult to account for this 

 curious feature ; I can only suppose that it was intended to span a 

 pre-existing grave. 



The north aisle retains the 13th century walling of rubble 

 masonry, excepting at its west end and buttress, and a few feet of 

 the north wall adjacent — these parts were re-built with the nave. 

 It is noticeable that there are no buttresses to the. 13th century 

 work throughout the Church, if we except the one at the west end, 

 referred to later. The double lancet (the head and sill of which 

 have been renewed) has a nicely moulded inner arch spanning the 

 two lights, and carried on the jambs on corbel shafts with moulded 

 caps and foliated terminals. The trefoil arched doorway is also 

 part of the original work. The arch between the aisle and transept 

 spans the whole width of the aisle — 16ft. — the two orders dying 

 on to the wall faces. This bears traces of colour decoration. 



There are few features of 14th century work. The earliest is 

 the recessed tomb under the north window of the north transept, 

 which dates from the first quarter of the century. It has a cusped 

 arch with label enriched with foliage of a distinctly " Decorated " 

 type. Beneath the arch is the recumbent figure of a priest with 



