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Broughton Gifford. 



Length. 



Width. 

 14 ft. 



Measurements — Chancel 



23 ft. 2 in. 



Nave 44 ft. 6 in. 



Tower 12 ft. 



14 ft. 

 11 ft. 



Porch 10 ft. 10 in. 



Chantry Chapel 20 ft. 6 in. 

 North Aisle 41 ft. 8 in. 



9 ft. 2 in. 



10 ft. 8 in. 



11 ft. 2 in. 



"Chancel. — The east window, of three lights, is of a late cha- 

 racter, in the south wall a Priest's door with trefoil-head; on the 

 east side of this a square headed two light window of Decorated 

 date, the tracery forming an inverted trefoil ; a stone seat formed 

 in the recess of the window, which may have served as sedilia; 

 close to this eastward is a trefoil-headed piscina. On the west side 

 of the Priest's door is a narrow light, also trefoil-headed. The 

 Chancel Arch, which is of two chamfered orders, springs from 

 semi-octagonal shafts. In the north wall a late window of two 

 lights. Ceiling plastered over, but the roof externally of good 



"Nave. — This is divided from the North Aisle by a series of five 

 pointed arches, of the Early English style, springing from three 

 massive circular piers and two responds. The arches are of two 

 chamfered orders with hoodmoulds. Roof of plaster. 



"Tower. 1 — The Tower is of three stages, and terminates with a 

 row of continuous battlements. On the north side is a square turret, 

 also embattled, and rising to the height of the tower. The buttresses 

 are of three sets-off and terminate at the stringcourse, between the 

 middle and upper stages ; the turret also decreases in size, with 

 a set-off, at this point. Two boldly carved gurgoyles look out 

 from the wall, at the base line of the parapet, on each side of the 

 tower. In the west wall is a square headed doorway, with a three 

 light window immediately above it. The upper stage exhibits four 

 windows of two lights with a transom a little below the centre. 



1 On the south side of the tower are two dials; one, much the older, has Ro- 

 man characters and no index : the other, below, has Arabic numbers, a gilt sun, 

 and the mottos, " Umbra videt umbram" " Vive hodie," not indicating a very 

 religious spirit, but happily in a tongue unknown to the vulgar. 



pitch. 



