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that there was a Norman Church here, and the walls of the chancel 

 are of that date ; on the outside this is seen in the buttresses (into 

 which the fifteenth century diagonal buttresses have been built) and 

 in the string-courses ; on the inside the most striking Norman 

 features are the interlaced arcades on each side and the strings above 

 them. A somewhat singular feature of this chancel is that it is 

 considerably narrower at the east end. Norman masonry can also 

 be traced in the aisles, the west walls of which are of that date 

 with late thirteenth century windows inserted. These aisles were 

 raised, probably early in the sixteenth century, and a flatter roof 

 put on, but the line of the early high-pitched roof is easily traced. 

 The nave appears to have been built, without clerestory, early in the 

 fourteenth century, and the arcades are of that date. The porch, 

 north and south transepts, and north and south chapels may be 

 attributed to the latter half of the fifteenth century, when, also, the 

 present windows were inserted in the chancel. The porch has a 

 priest's room over, with a window looking into the aisle, and a 

 niche over the door outside. There is also a niche in the south 

 transept, where the modern archway has probably obliterated other 

 interesting features. A built-up doorway is also traceable here, 



There was originally a central tower of late type, but this was 

 removed by Mr. Wyatt (we may suppose that he had good reason 

 for it), and a new tower erected at the west end, into which the old 

 work is incorporated in the upper stage. The second chapel between 

 the transept and the south chapel was erected at the same time. 



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