Cap of Piers at south Aisle and North-West Respond.]

of the tower, and the large south porch with its stone covered roof and

round arched doorway, over which is the canopied niche (Fig. 1378), and

the bracket, ornamented with the pot of lilies, for supporting a statue.

The figure was therefore probably one of the Virgin. The windows in the

south aisle wall were (some of them at least) square headed.

Fig. 1379 shows the capital of the pillar in the north aisle as far as

it can be seen, on account of the modern wall in which it is almost

lost. It is formed to the shape of the double splayed arch moulding, and

dies off into the round pillar below. The mouldings of the cap indicate

very late work. Fig. 1380 is a still simpler cap from the south aisle

and from the north-west respond.

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