Archaeologia cantiana . ed. [Although both arcades are assigned by Mr. Caroe to thelatter part of the twelfth century, it is obvious, from theirlack of uniformity, that they cannot have been coeval withone another, but that a considerable interval must haveelapsed between the respective dates of these two additionsto the original nave. The south arcade has much narrowerarches than the north arcade, which, moreover (unlike thesouth arcade, with its square-edged soffits), has chamferededges all round its arched openings from floor to apex. Itlooks as though the spacing of the south arcade had be
Archaeologia cantiana . ed. [Although both arcades are assigned by Mr. Caroe to thelatter part of the twelfth century, it is obvious, from theirlack of uniformity, that they cannot have been coeval withone another, but that a considerable interval must haveelapsed between the respective dates of these two additionsto the original nave. The south arcade has much narrowerarches than the north arcade, which, moreover (unlike thesouth arcade, with its square-edged soffits), has chamferededges all round its arched openings from floor to apex. Itlooks as though the spacing of the south arcade had beencontrolled by the position of the tower, but this can scarcelyhave been the case, if the tower itself was not built until thethirteenth century, the date attributed to it by Mr. Caroe(vide infra). It is probable that, in the process of openingout the arcades, the builders of deliberate purpose refrainedfrom completely smoothing off the wall-bases, at any ratein the case of the south arcade, of which the east abutment,. LOWER HALSTOW CHURCH. 159 as also three sides of the middle pier, still retain wide foot-ings, to form bench tables. These in fact represent themost primitive kind of seating accommodation.—Ed.] Early in the thirteenth century great changes were madeand the fabric assumed very much its present shape. Thetower was erected, the north door [still secured within, as ofold, by a draw-bar—Ed.] inserted, and the chancel arcadedinternally. [The cylindrical shafts of this wall-arcading inthe chancel have suffered much from patching and it would seem that all of them were originally of Purbeckmarble (about 3 ft. 6 inches high each) with Purbeck abacito their stone capitals.—Ed.] To the same period belongedthe external buttressing of the chancel! In the thirteenth century also the chancel was pro-bably reroofed and rewindowed. One of the lancet windowsthen inserted still exists near the east end of the north wallof the chancel. Further, a sacristy (now
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