A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . Photo by H. Cooper &- Son The Chancel of St. Giles Looking Photo by H. Cooper & Son The Sanctuary of St. Giles Looking North. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. 113 the builders of the late twelfth and earlier thirteenth their work of enlarging, the masons seem to have builtfirst the lower portion of the walls and buttresses as far asthe string course below the windows. As far as the rectangularprojecting buttress, which remains on the south side at a pointnearly corresponding with position of the sanctuary stepsinside the buildi
A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . Photo by H. Cooper &- Son The Chancel of St. Giles Looking Photo by H. Cooper & Son The Sanctuary of St. Giles Looking North. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. 113 the builders of the late twelfth and earlier thirteenth their work of enlarging, the masons seem to have builtfirst the lower portion of the walls and buttresses as far asthe string course below the windows. As far as the rectangularprojecting buttress, which remains on the south side at a pointnearly corresponding with position of the sanctuary stepsinside the building, they apparently kept the lower courses ofthe old south wall, blocking up the door west of the of the buttress, they were probably on new ground, andso continued their work to meet the new north wall. The oldmasonry, where it was good, was evidently re-used to a greatextent in the new work, and was found serviceable by thefourteenth-century restorers. The building of the upperportion of the walls was proceeded with when the whole lowerportion was finished, possibly after a short interval. Theheig
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