By C. E. Ponling, F.S.A. 



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some sentences from the Book of Proverbs. This framing* is now- 

 returned at the ends, and there is no means of access to it ; but the 

 return pieces, although coeval with the rest, bear the appearance of 

 having been fitted here in more recent times, and as the ends of the 

 front beam have been roughly cut off, as well as the string 1 courses 

 of the transepts against which it would come, I conjecture that the 

 loft was originally carried through the transepts and crossing, and 

 this would account for its projecting so far into the latter. The 

 space under the existing 1 part of the loft is divided from the transepts 

 by stone walls, and in that on the north side is a small window 

 which would come at the end of the passage between the two rows, 

 of stalls, and afford a view of the altar in the lady chapel. 



The entire erection is a very late addition to the Church, probably 

 about the end of Hen. VII., and the carving- in the spandrels and 

 hollows is all planted on, but it is exceedingly rich and free in 

 treatment. The Tudor rose is conspicuous in it, but there is no 

 trace of original painting". Some Elizabethan enrichment of the 

 screen and doors has been added, and the latter have subsequently 

 been cut off to admit of the raising of the chancel floor. [The 

 missing carving and cresting of this screen is in process of being 

 reinstated.] 



The roofs of the nave, aisles, and transepts are rude in workman- 

 ship and plain in detail. They are of the king- post and tie-beam 

 type, the nave and aisles having wall pieces and braces carried far 

 down and supported by corbels. The ceilings are formed by seven- 

 teenth century plastering secured to the underside of the rafters, 

 and the surfaces are enriched by plaster ribs in geometrical arabesque, 

 with cusping ; under the tower this takes the form of vaulting in 

 plaster, following the lines of the original stone wall ribs. This 

 work adds a special interest to the roofs, and it is unfortunate that 

 the rotten state of the timbers rendered it impossible to retain it in 

 the aisles and south transept, where new roofs have been substituted, 

 The ribs are formed of a light red plaster for their entire thickness. 



Against the south wall of the south transept is a monument of 

 great beauty, of which a drawing accompanies this paper. It 

 consists of an altar-tomb supporting the recumbent effigy of an 



