. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE with foliate capitals and moulded bases. The clear- story above the arcades is of the same date and has four modern windows on each side. The roof trusses 1 modern richly foliated corbels with embattled r ; parapets. There are s : late i jth-century bench-ends in the chapels. The charnel beneath the east bay of the chancel is reached by a winding stair, now replaced by modern brick steps, and is entered through a moulded four-centred door- way in the west end of its north wall; it has been vaulted wit
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE with foliate capitals and moulded bases. The clear- story above the arcades is of the same date and has four modern windows on each side. The roof trusses 1 modern richly foliated corbels with embattled r ; parapets. There are s : late i jth-century bench-ends in the chapels. The charnel beneath the east bay of the chancel is reached by a winding stair, now replaced by modern brick steps, and is entered through a moulded four-centred door- way in the west end of its north wall; it has been vaulted with brick in modern times, and has two barred mullioned windows and a third which is now a door on the east. The chancel arch is an ugly piece of 15th-century are of the 1 5th century and have undergone consider- able repair. They have moulded principals, purlins, wall plates, &c, and there are figures of angels at the foot of the principals, some holding shields. In the north chapel the roof is flat. In the south chapel the roof is ridged, with carved bosses at the intersection of the ridge and the principals, which run to the wall plates. The wall plates here rest directly on the moulded and carved ha If-octagonal corbels. Both north and south chapels have splendid 15th-century wooden screens inclosing themf in the arches leading to the aisles on the west. That of the north chapel has five two-light openings with elaborate tracery, three to the north and two to the. of Hitchin Church alteration. The original mid-i4th-century arch was supported on half-octagonal jambs, simply moulded at their heads. On these has been erected a high four- centred arch with smaller shafted jambs. The outer order of this is continuous and the inner is stopped by the mean capitals of the shafts. The chapels are separated from the chancel by the remains of 15th-century parclose screens. The north chapel contains the organ ; it has an original traceried east window of five lights, and the five win
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