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But it is to the earlier work in the tower and the small building, 
now used as a vestry at the south-west end of the church, to which 
I would especially call attention. The tower, from its general out- 
line, and the portions of masonry which jutted out from the plaster 
covering, had always been considered of a much earlier date than 
any other portion of the church ; but the removal of the west 
gallery, the consequent opening up of the east arch of the tower, 
and the removal of the wall plaster both inside and outside, enables 
us now with something like certainty to determine the position of the 
tower relatively to its contemporary church, and the period of its 
erection. The tower is in four stages, and of late Xorman construction, 
with the exception of the top portion and an inserted window on 
the lower stage above the west door, which are Early English. By 
a reference to the drawing, it will be seen that on each side of th e 
bottom stage of the tower is an arch, the northern and southern 
arches low and semi- circular, the eastern arch (opening into the 
present nave), and the corresponding western one, more lofty and 
pointed (showing that the builders were getting into a transitional 
style), but otherwise distinctly of Xorman character in the masonry, 
jointing, and impost mouldings. The west doorway above the 
three-light Early English window already alluded to is Perpen- 
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