. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE solid walling, was interposed between the quire & and the central tower. There is evidence that I he present as the old c The low with at least a south transept, existed, i-er being in almost the same position r part of the old clunch wall of the south le still exists, and is continued eastwards with only one break as far as the west wall of the present south aisle in a line with the east face of the present tower. The break is a projecting impost which probably carried the arch between the south
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE solid walling, was interposed between the quire & and the central tower. There is evidence that I he present as the old c The low with at least a south transept, existed, i-er being in almost the same position r part of the old clunch wall of the south le still exists, and is continued eastwards with only one break as far as the west wall of the present south aisle in a line with the east face of the present tower. The break is a projecting impost which probably carried the arch between the south aisle and the transept, and if so it marks the western face of the old tower, and the dimensions show that it was square, not oblong as at present. In the rebuilding of the tower the west face appears to have been built arches beneath them. The windows have moulded arches enriched with the dog-tooth ornament ; the jambs have clustered shafts and moulded capitals and bases. The north arcade consists of four plain pointed arches, the wall above being only i ft. 6 in. thick. The imposts and two of the supporting piers are octagonal with moulded capitals, probably modern; the central pier, which is of 14th-century character and is of greater diameter than the others, is com- posed of four large half-round shafts separated by smaller ones ; it has a moulded capital similar to the others, which is probably modern. The north arcade appears to have been rebuilt during the 17th cen- tury, the middle pier being all that remained of the old arcade. The south arcade is of five arches. The. ; Churchy« about 7 ft. east of the old o:.e, the other sides The chancel, vestry and organ chamber were built in 1891, and at the same time the south aisle was lengthened eastwards about 27 ft. In the chancel wall has been reset the sill of a I 3th-century piscina with octofoil basin. The nave, which consists of the chancel and quire of the old church, was built c. 1250. At the east end are the remains
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