356 The Churches of Sherston, Corston, and Netheravon. 



pavement of concrete had been laid around the outside of the tower, 

 which precluded excavation to investigate the area of these three 

 buildings. 



The tall lower stage of the tower is divided by a floor internally ; 

 just above the level of this floor, in the east wall, is an opening 

 which led into the space over the flat ceiling of the original nave, 

 and below the floor in the north, wall a similar opening giving 

 access to the space between the ceiling and roof of the north 

 adjunct. The space above this dividing floor was lighted by small, 

 plain, round-headed windows with wide inner splays in the north 

 and south faces. The upper stage of the tower is coeval with the 

 lower, and was lighted by the smaller window of the same type 

 just above the set-off on the west, and, probably, by others on the 

 north and south ; but the latter two have given way to two-light 

 windows inserted at near the middle of the 13th century, when the 

 corbel table of the tower was added, and the nave re-built, as 

 described below. The parapet of the tower bears the date 1626. 



The present nave with its clerestory was built at about the 

 middle of the 13th century; the arches of the arcades are pointed, 

 of two orders of splays without labels; all the columns have 

 moulded caps and bases, the two western ones on each side, are 

 cylindrical, and the arches are carried on moulded corbels on the 

 western respond, but the easternmost column on each side is a 

 compound one, the respond having a demi-column of similar plan. 

 The clerestory walls are carried to the height of 24ft. from the 

 floor, and have four lancet windows on each side, not ranging with 

 the arches, with wide internal splays carried round the arches. 

 There is also a good corbel-tabling under the eaves which was 

 probably formerly surmounted by a parapet. The Chancel appears 

 to be coeval with the nave : it has a lancet window of the same 

 type at about the centre of each side wall, a priest's door on the 

 north and two buttresses standing square at each angle, with single 

 set-off. 



The east window is a three-light one of Geometrical type. 

 During the restoration of the Church on which I was engaged in 

 1888 the interesting two-light Early Decorated window high up, 



