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ST. JOHN S CHURCH, DEVIZES. 1 I
fret, and the intersecting arches, are so many ocular demonstrations of the age of
this curious buildino- "
TVi 1, b
t churcn at present consists of a nave with two ailes westward of the tower ;
wo transepts branching from the latter; a chancel; also two private chantries or
bee h °n n0rthern and southern sides- That to the south appears to have
ai cT m* ^ 0116 °^ ^6 ^unSerf°rd family ; and from the shape of its windows,
an character of the ornaments which run round the cornice and on the battlements,
conceive it was erected as late as the reign of Henry the Eighth. The buttresses,
pinnacles, and a niche over the great eastern window, are all highly decorated.
e other chantry appears to have been founded by William Coventry, and, at the
™6 °f dlssolving the smaller monkish establishments (2d and 3d of Queen Mary,)
^incumbent Thomas Hancocks, was charged with a yearly revenue of six pounds.*
^ is chantry, with the northern transept, the northern and eastern sides of the
)wer, the chancel, and part of the Hungerford chapel, are represented in the
^^6Xed P^e, figured I. On examining this print, it will be seen that a large
ern window, with two mullions and tracery, has been inserted into the northern
2 ansept, and that two small round-headed windows, with mouldings of the embattled-
^■et kind, have been closed and partly destroyed for that purpose. An elevation of
wall8011*61"11 transept' similar to this, is represented in Plate III. B. In the northern
a °^the chancel is displayed one of the original windows, with a semicircular arch,
Q lamented with the zigzag moulding. Over this are some square and gro-
tesque brackets, which, with this window, and the flat pilaster buttresses attached to
east end, are all parts of the original building. A large window, with two
Th 10nS ^ tracery' ^as Deen inserted into the eastern wall, but this is again closed.
g.^e tower is rather singular in shape and ornament, having its eastern and western
es much wider than those to the north and south: measuring twenty-seven feet
that31^1*6611 ^6et ^ t0^' P^duces a peculiarity in the character of the arches
^ support it; for whilst those beneath the broadest sides are semicircular, those to
buil"01^ an(* S°Ut^ ar° P°inted in shape, of the same height as the former, evidently
U1 at the same time, and exactly in the same style of architecture. The accom-
panying view, Plate II. represents the great arch between the tower and nave of
be'6 f Ur°h"' mouldinSs' columns, and capitals of this must be admitted to
6 ° tlle Nornian style. It has one feature, or ornament, which I have never seen
to him^or" Wdebted t0 Mr' SharP of Covcntry. for the communication of this fact; and am particularly obliged
or several extracts from the rolls in his possession relating to Wiltshire, &c.
fret, and the intersecting arches, are so many ocular demonstrations of the age of
this curious buildino- "
TVi 1, b
t churcn at present consists of a nave with two ailes westward of the tower ;
wo transepts branching from the latter; a chancel; also two private chantries or
bee h °n n0rthern and southern sides- That to the south appears to have
ai cT m* ^ 0116 °^ ^6 ^unSerf°rd family ; and from the shape of its windows,
an character of the ornaments which run round the cornice and on the battlements,
conceive it was erected as late as the reign of Henry the Eighth. The buttresses,
pinnacles, and a niche over the great eastern window, are all highly decorated.
e other chantry appears to have been founded by William Coventry, and, at the
™6 °f dlssolving the smaller monkish establishments (2d and 3d of Queen Mary,)
^incumbent Thomas Hancocks, was charged with a yearly revenue of six pounds.*
^ is chantry, with the northern transept, the northern and eastern sides of the
)wer, the chancel, and part of the Hungerford chapel, are represented in the
^^6Xed P^e, figured I. On examining this print, it will be seen that a large
ern window, with two mullions and tracery, has been inserted into the northern
2 ansept, and that two small round-headed windows, with mouldings of the embattled-
^■et kind, have been closed and partly destroyed for that purpose. An elevation of
wall8011*61"11 transept' similar to this, is represented in Plate III. B. In the northern
a °^the chancel is displayed one of the original windows, with a semicircular arch,
Q lamented with the zigzag moulding. Over this are some square and gro-
tesque brackets, which, with this window, and the flat pilaster buttresses attached to
east end, are all parts of the original building. A large window, with two
Th 10nS ^ tracery' ^as Deen inserted into the eastern wall, but this is again closed.
g.^e tower is rather singular in shape and ornament, having its eastern and western
es much wider than those to the north and south: measuring twenty-seven feet
that31^1*6611 ^6et ^ t0^' P^duces a peculiarity in the character of the arches
^ support it; for whilst those beneath the broadest sides are semicircular, those to
buil"01^ an(* S°Ut^ ar° P°inted in shape, of the same height as the former, evidently
U1 at the same time, and exactly in the same style of architecture. The accom-
panying view, Plate II. represents the great arch between the tower and nave of
be'6 f Ur°h"' mouldinSs' columns, and capitals of this must be admitted to
6 ° tlle Nornian style. It has one feature, or ornament, which I have never seen
to him^or" Wdebted t0 Mr' SharP of Covcntry. for the communication of this fact; and am particularly obliged
or several extracts from the rolls in his possession relating to Wiltshire, &c.