. The Archaeological journal. the monasteries thenatural instinct for true architecture vanished andthenceforth all art depended upon the lingering taste ofthe mediaevalist. In the parish church at Chepstow a fragment of theoriginal north-west pier of the central tower stillremains in all its mag^nificence. It is no less than 8 feet3 inches square, in addition to the shaftings at the fourangles and treble shafts on the south and north sides,and double ones on the east and west sides. Itspresence makes a pleasant contrast amidst the flimsinessof the later work by which it is surrounded. Origina
. The Archaeological journal. the monasteries thenatural instinct for true architecture vanished andthenceforth all art depended upon the lingering taste ofthe mediaevalist. In the parish church at Chepstow a fragment of theoriginal north-west pier of the central tower stillremains in all its mag^nificence. It is no less than 8 feet3 inches square, in addition to the shaftings at the fourangles and treble shafts on the south and north sides,and double ones on the east and west sides. Itspresence makes a pleasant contrast amidst the flimsinessof the later work by which it is surrounded. Originallythe church was cruciform with a central tower and wasof monastic use, with the usual domestic buildings to thesouth, but there are no visible remains of them at thepresent time. The nave itself is of five bays (saidoriginally to have had six) without aisles, its walls beingmade up of the original piers of its arcades and modernfilling (except to one bay on the south side where the Read before the Institute, July 5th, FIG. 2.—ST. , CHEPSTOW. SOUTH SIDE.
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