. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE The church of ST. MARY consists CHURCHES of chancel 44 ft. by 23 ft. 6 in., nave 58 ft. by 28 ft., north aisle 59 ft. by it ft. 6 in., south aisle (inclusive of south chapel) 73 ft. by 19 ft., south porch 12 ft. by I oft., west tower 19 ft. 6 in. by 17 ft. ; all internal dimensions, The church is built of flint rubble with stone dress- ings, the chancel walls being coated with cement; the roofs are covered with lead. It is probable that the main part of the chancel, nave and lower stage of the tower w
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE The church of ST. MARY consists CHURCHES of chancel 44 ft. by 23 ft. 6 in., nave 58 ft. by 28 ft., north aisle 59 ft. by it ft. 6 in., south aisle (inclusive of south chapel) 73 ft. by 19 ft., south porch 12 ft. by I oft., west tower 19 ft. 6 in. by 17 ft. ; all internal dimensions, The church is built of flint rubble with stone dress- ings, the chancel walls being coated with cement; the roofs are covered with lead. It is probable that the main part of the chancel, nave and lower stage of the tower were built in the 13th century; the north and south aisles and the south chapel were added early in the 14th century ; the clearstory was raised and the nave re-roofed in the 15th century, and probably about the same period the south porch was erected and the upper The south chapel is used as a vestry, and is partly rilled by the organ. The three-light east window ii of modem stonework ; in the south wall is a blocked window of 14th-century date. At the west end on the north side is the doorway to the rood stair ; the upper doorway opens into the nave ; the stair ii partly blocked. The west end of the chapel opens into the south nave aisle without any structural division. The nave has north and south arcades of three bays of pointed arches; the arches are of two moulded orders, with labels and head stops ; the piers are of quatrefoil section and have moulded capitals and bases. The details of the two arcades differ, the north arcade being the richer, and is probably some twenty years earlier in date than the other. The. 6awaaiDCEworth C; from the South-east part of the tower built. In 1870 the whole church was repaired, much of the stonework renewed, and the chancel re-roofed. In the east wall of the chancel is a large five-light window, one of two lights in the north wall, and two of three lights in the south are almost entirely of modern stonework. The partially blocked doorwa
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