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and the gable was evidently crowned by a niche like that existing 

 over the latter. 



The roof of each bay of the chapel is treated separately, with its 

 own gable behind the parapet. The low level of the piscina and 

 the ledge behind the altar strike one as remarkable ; the floor has 

 probably been slightly raised, but not more than six or seven inches. 

 There is a kind of double squint in the north transept, directed 

 towards the altar of the chapel, and another squint is carried 

 through the pier in the direction of the high altar— the latter looks 

 at first sight to have been subsequently cut through, but a closer 

 inspection shows that it was constructed , as the leaf carved in the 

 hollow member of the pier on the east side is brought under into 

 the opening. On the outside it will be noticed that the staircase 

 must have been added since the tower and north aisle were built— 

 it has also a singular treatment of the upper part. There is a 

 further niche over the west gable of the north aisle. The building 

 which was erected westward of the south transept, early in the 

 seventeenth century, appears to have been a dwelling-house of three 

 stories, with an outside door, and the opening between it and the 

 aisle is modern. 



The chancel was built in 1777, and nothing more need be said 

 about it. 



The brass in the south transept bears the effigies of Robert 

 Baynard, 1 who died in 1501, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of 

 Henry Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, with their eighteen children, the 

 second son habited as a priest. 



Church of S. Michael. Mblksham. 



As I relied upon our having the advantage of hearing a description 

 of this Church from Canon Warre, I have taken no notes of it, 

 and, owing to the limited time at our disposal, my impromptu re- 

 marks upon it must be brief. 



This Church has been so much altered in plan within recent times 

 as to destroy much evidence of its history. It is clear, however, 



1 Kite's Wilts Brasses, p. 39. 



