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



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All the other arches at Edington are of the obtusely pointed form 

 know a as the drop arch. A marked feature of the Perpendicular 

 style which prevails here, in almost all cases, is the return of the 

 label either as a string course, as in the windows of the chancel and 

 transepts, or as a knee, as in those of the tower. The mouldings, 

 even more than the tracery, indicate a leaning towards the change 

 of style, whilst retaining many of the characteristics of the Decorated, 

 and it might be worth while to trace their development from what 

 was probably the earliest to the latest work of William of Edington 

 — this Church being the connecting link. On comparing the in- 

 teresting porch of Middleton Cheney (of w r hich Church he was 

 rector from 1332 to 1335) with Edington, I have no doubt it was, 

 as generally supposed, erected during the time of his incumbency. 

 The form of the arch and the knee of the label, as well as the 

 mouldings of the doorway, are corresponding features. 



Taking, then, this doorway as a specimen of Edington's early 

 work — we have two orders of the wave-mould divided by a small 

 but deep hollow or " casement." Then in the inner doorway at 

 Edington we have the same features advanced a stage. The inner 

 sinking of the wave-mould is quirked, whilst the outer sinking 

 remains as before and the casement is slightly flattened. Taking next 

 the doorway into the cloister, the early form of the filletted-roll, 

 with the deep outside sinking, and the small rolls which soften the 

 outline of the casement are here combined with a wide flat casement, 

 which indicates a much later feeling. 



The reticulated windows of chancel and transepts have the double 

 ogee (or brace-mould) with a very flat casement, and an attenuated 

 form of filletted-roll forming a group of mouldings of decidedly 

 Perpendicular character. The east window has the same members, 

 with the addition of the quirk and sunk chamfer, to throw into 

 relief the fillets of the inner order of the tracery, which are features 

 of Bishop Edington's work, both here and at Winchester. It also 

 has the somewhat unusual arrangement of two filletted-rolls set at 

 right angles, forming the inner edge of the jamb. The label and 

 string course are of the same late type which prevails throughout 

 the building. A similar kind of quirk occurs in the outside splay 



