. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE doors all have four-centred heads. The two-centred arch at the west end,opening into thesouth transept, is of the i 3th century, of three continuous chamfered orders, and immediately to the south of it is a plain narrow doorway of the 15th century, also leading to the south transept, which was inserted when the chapel was widened. In the east wall of the chapel are two brackets, each carved with an angel bearing a shield, one on each side of the east window. The roof retains much of its late 1 5th-cen
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE doors all have four-centred heads. The two-centred arch at the west end,opening into thesouth transept, is of the i 3th century, of three continuous chamfered orders, and immediately to the south of it is a plain narrow doorway of the 15th century, also leading to the south transept, which was inserted when the chapel was widened. In the east wall of the chapel are two brackets, each carved with an angel bearing a shield, one on each side of the east window. The roof retains much of its late 1 5th-century woodwork. The nave, of which the axial line is about 6 ft. south of that of the chancel, has a 13th-century arch at the north-east and south-east, opening into the chapels west of the transepts. Both bases and capitals of the arch on the south side are modern, but on the north side the bases are old. The responds are The chapel, which opens to the transept through the semi-arch, has a modern west window of two lights. The south transept retains older detail than any other part of the church. In the east wall is a lancet window of the 13th century, now blocked, and to the north of it is a large trefoiled recess of the tame period. Both are set high in the wall, and the latter is cut into on the north side by the arch leading to the south chapel. The archway which opem to the chapel west of the transept is a fine example of the work of about 1240, and shows traces of having been rebuilt in the position it now occupies. The arch is of two orders, deeply moulded with richly under- cut rolls and hollows. The two innermost rolls have fillets and the rest are plain. The responds have their engaged round shafts with dog-tooth o. Hatfield Chu South half-octagonal, and the arches are two-centred, of three chamfered orders. There are three two- centred modern windows of three lights, with tracery of three quatrefoils, in the north and in the south walls. The north door, which is much
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