. The Archaeological journal. ecorated date. Cowley, Oxon., is j^eculiar. The chancel is badlylighted with two square-headed windows usuallydescribed as Early English. The window foot 0 inches wide and the sill about8 feet from the ground ; below is a similartype of window but smaller, 8 inches wide-and 2 feet high; within are hinges and arebate at the sides only ; the sill has been filledup and its character destroyed in would fulfil the purpose of a readers light,,Ijut is certainly clumsy. Addington,-Surrey, belongs to the same class—thelittle Norman window above being ob


. The Archaeological journal. ecorated date. Cowley, Oxon., is j^eculiar. The chancel is badlylighted with two square-headed windows usuallydescribed as Early English. The window foot 0 inches wide and the sill about8 feet from the ground ; below is a similartype of window but smaller, 8 inches wide-and 2 feet high; within are hinges and arebate at the sides only ; the sill has been filledup and its character destroyed in would fulfil the purpose of a readers light,,Ijut is certainly clumsy. Addington,-Surrey, belongs to the same class—thelittle Norman window above being obviouslyinadequate. North Hinksey, Oxon., is said to possess the onlyNorman example. It is certainly round-headedand oddly moulded. This window is particularlyinteresting, as the plain lancet above seems to-have superseded it, and quite answers thepurpose for which, I believe, they were bothintended. (h) In another type a small window is found below theleft-hand bottom corner of a large decorated window oiir To jiice pdge O. ADDIXOTON, .SUKKKV.


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