Archaeologia cantiana . •SCALE raSTT- •° * ° to so 3o 4q h. |mm| * —i 1 f- belong to about 1750, at which date there appear to havebeen carried out considerable repairs and alterations. Amongthese may be enumerated the enlargement of the south win-dow of the belfry, the straightening out of the roof-pitchesof nave and aisles, and sundry repairs in brick. The twowall-posts which abut against the north wall of the towerare probably only makeshifts. The gutter between thenave-roof and the tower has no doubt been faulty, and theends of the beams becoming rotten in consequence, the postsabove menti
Archaeologia cantiana . •SCALE raSTT- •° * ° to so 3o 4q h. |mm| * —i 1 f- belong to about 1750, at which date there appear to havebeen carried out considerable repairs and alterations. Amongthese may be enumerated the enlargement of the south win-dow of the belfry, the straightening out of the roof-pitchesof nave and aisles, and sundry repairs in brick. The twowall-posts which abut against the north wall of the towerare probably only makeshifts. The gutter between thenave-roof and the tower has no doubt been faulty, and theends of the beams becoming rotten in consequence, the postsabove mentioned had to be introduced to make good thedefect. The old roofs, probably coeval with the erection of theaisles, exhibit a, marked Kentish peculiarity, viz., the expo- LOWEU HALSTOW CHURCH, 161 sure of the truss upon the outer wall-surface of the gables.[Internally nave and chancel alike are roofed with tie-beamand truss-rafter roofs of seven cants. The tie-beams of the. chancel are hollow chamfered and, furthermore, carry octa-gonal king-posts, with moulded capitals and bases to corre-VOL. xxxiii. m 162 LOWER HALSTOW CHURCH. spond. In the wall, beneath the east window of the chancel,is a small square recess, or aumbry.—Ed.] One of the corbels of the altar-beam of the chapel in thesouth aisle should be noted. A point of special interest is the fact that the buildingretains a form which was very usual in the thirteenth cen-tury, viz., nave and aisles under one continuous roof. Thisform was probably almost universal at one time, but fewexamples of it have come down to the present day as perfectas that of Lower Halstow Church. Note by the Rev. E. E. Olive. It should be mentioned that the chancel was restored in 1878-9 at the cost of the then Rectors, the EcclesiasticalCommissioners. The work carried out by Mr. Oaroe, archi-tect, in 1907, comprised the reparation of the tower, bells andbell-frames. A new south porch and an inner doorway ofstone were ere
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