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The Churches of Devizes. 



have been caused, many years since, by the removal of the tie-beams 

 in the nave, the places of which are now supplied by strong bars 

 of iron. 



THE TRANSEPTS 



are each seventeen feet by fourteen feet. The north and south 

 elevations exhibit two of the original windows, which have been 

 blocked up in order to insert one of Perpendicular date between 

 them, and in the gable above is a small unglazed aperture, also of 

 the older date. The string-course on which these older windows 

 rested is ornamented with the " double billet" moulding. The 

 jamb- shafts and arches are also visible; the latter afford specimens 

 of the "beaded" and "embattled" mouldings. 



The Perpendicular window between them is of three lights with 

 a transom in the tracery. The roofs are both of good pitch and 

 are covered with stone tile. 



Internally the roofs are flat, ceiled and whitewashed. In the 

 west wall of the north transept are to be seen the traces of a doorway 

 (now blocked up) communicating with the turret on the exterior ; 

 this was the entrance from the interior of the church to the rood- 

 loft. It may also have served as a private entrance for a Chantry 

 Priest to an altar probably in this part of the church. On the wall 

 directly opposite are indications of either a bracket for a taper or 

 a benatura. 



In the east wall of each transept on the side of the arch con- 

 necting it with the chapel is a hagioscope. 1 



THE AISLES. 



North. 



This is of precisely the same length as the nave, and twelve feet 

 in width. It is lighted by four windows in the north wall, each of 

 three lights, with tracery of a very plain character. Between these 

 windows, and at the north west angle of the wall, are plain buttresses, 

 each with two sets-off. The parapet is plain, and the roof a lean-to, 



I This was an aperture to enable the congregation to obtain a view of the 

 elevation of the host. 



