By C. E. Pouting, Esq. 231 



were probably built at about the end of the reign of Edward III. 

 The tower presents a singular combination of Decorated and Per- 

 pendiclar forms and details, the alternate sunk-chamfer and hollow 

 of the piers, and the groining of the lower stage being distinctly 

 earlier in feeling than the upper stage, which might be taken for 

 work of the middle of the fifteenth century, though evidently carried 

 out in continuation of the former, as the spire with its bold roll 

 indicates. The squinches ©f the spire have square pinnacles within 

 the parapet. The upper stage of the tower is open to the spire, 

 and has two corbels low down on the east and west faces inside, and 

 larger ones at a higher level on the north and south sides, which 

 probably supported bells before the addition of the western tower. 

 There is a door opening into the south transept, and lower down 

 on the north and east sides are built-up windows, the intention of 

 which is not quite apparent, as they would be blocked by the ad- 

 jacent roofs, which, as the weather-tablings indicate, retain their 

 original pitch. There are two-light windows in the four sides at a 

 higher level. This stage is approached by a turret stair from the 

 north transept, and the steps are carried on to a second door, above 

 the higher bell-corbels. A bit of Norman roll-moulding is seen on 

 the third step from the floor of this stage, which appears to support 

 the idea that this tower displaced work of that period. 



The transepts retain their original roofs. A piscina (which once 

 had a shelf) in the wall of the south transept indicates the existence 

 of an altar here, and this is further shewn by the archway in the 

 east wall, and communicating with the chapel, having evidently 

 been constructed with regard to it, for the chamfer of the south 

 jamb is stopped at 4ft. from the floor (which would be about the 

 level of the mensa including the step), with the apparent object of 

 the altar coming out to the face of the jamb. Over the position 

 of the altar is a squint of a triple quatrefoil, with the splay of the 

 jamb on the east side inclined slightly to the north, in the direction 

 of the altar of the chapel. 



The only probable indications of an altar in the north transept 

 are the two corbel heads in the inside faces of the jambs of the 

 later and peculiarly flat archway in the east wall, opening into the 



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