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be a8eertained tban wbat ba8 been Aiven above. It8 arebiteetural ebaraeter,!pro-
portion8, and 8eulptured ornament are exemplibed in tbe annexed plate8, wbieb
are Aiven in plan, elevation, and perspective, for tbe purpo86 of adordinA tbe mo8t
8ati8faetor^ illu8tration of tbi8 ver^ intere8tinA ^n^lo-I^orman edibee.
prom tbe PZsn, Zce. l^lo. 8 in 1i8t, it will be 8een tbat tbi8 ediiice eon8i8t8
of a nave, witb 8paee beneatb tbe tower, and a ebaneel, all witbout tbe ai8le8,
and tbat tbe aneient wall8, di8tintzui8bed b^ a darber 8badin»-, terminate at tbe
extremity of tbe fourtb eube ea8tward, tbe remaining divi8ion beinA- an addition to
tbe building in tbe earl^ pointed 8t^le: over tbe middle part, between tbe nave
and ebaneel, ri868 a low lVorman tower. pbe we8tern entranee at in plan,
i8 deeply reee88ed; d^ure 5 refem to tbe enlarged plan of tbe moulding di8-
tinAui8bed b^ tbe 8ame number. 8 i8 tbe 8outb, and 0 tbe nortb door-wa^: tbe
bAure8 6, 7, 8, and 9, eonneeted witb tbem, refer to tbe enlarged plan8 of tbe 8ame
part8. Ibe 8mall ^8 8bew tbe 8ituation and bori^ontal plan8 of tbe window8, one
of wbieb i8 Aiven larger at 12. Ibe otber boure8 and letters engraved on tbe plan
8bevv tbe variou8 members and tbeir 8itnation8 on a larger 8eale tban tbe^ eould be
8bevvn in tbe 8i?e of tbe plan, ^ltt A, on tbe nortb 8ide, i8 a cireular 8tairea86 to
tbe tower, wbieb i8 approaebed botb from witbin and witbout, ^t on tbe 8outb
8ide, i8 a 8tone pulpit, ^.t ccc and e are 8tone 8eat8 for oKeiatinZ- prie8t8 at tbe
altar, witb pi8eina and ambr^—/? /r, buttre8868 of comparatively modern date, ^t
tbe 8outb-ea8t anA'le of tbe tower are 8ome 8tair8 in tbe wall, wbieb probably com-
municated witb a rood loft. Um font i8 aneient.
77re r^c^Z /-'S-/Z i8 minutely dedned in l>io8. 9 and 10. In tbe dmt, it will
be 8een tbat a modern window ba.8 been inserted in tbe middle divi8ion, in tbe place
of a circular window wbieb wa8 tbe original worb—a toru8 moulding 8till extend8
round tbe opening, on tbe in8ide. 'pbe pediment ba8 been mueb reduced in
altitude, a8 8bewn at b^ wbieb part of tbe arebivolt moulding bave been eut
awa^ ; tbe tbree window8 bave been walled up, and a 8ma11er window in tbe Aable
entirely de8tro^ed. 4"be original bei^bt of tbe ^able i8 evinced b^ tbe marbinA- of
it8 function witb tbe tower. In /V<rZe l^o. 13 are two view8 of tbe ebureb, wbieb
8erve to dedne tbe exterior feature of tbe wbole buildino-. pbe roe^Ze/'-i
oifer8 a fertile tbeme for comment, eritiei8m, and tbeorv- It i8 redundantly ebar^ed
witb rude 8eulpture; in wbieb tbe ri^aA, or ebevron witb bead8—tbe beab-bead,
and allegoric, witb agronomic in8i^nia, are eaprieiou8l^ di8pla) ed. ver)' beau-
tiful enAravinA of tbi8 door way i8 ^iven in 8belton'8 " ^.ntic^uitie8 of Oxford8bire.')
 
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