A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . 5 o Oh ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. 119 The east wall of the church and the greater part of the endsof the adjoining walls were taken down and rebuilt. Thejunction of the old and new work in the north and south wallsis very noticeable ; a very rough and irregular joint is formed. Uh >—, on both sides, and the new wall, especially on the south side,is thinner than the old. The sacristy door in the south wallwas blocked up ; and the east wall impinges so closely on itseastern jamb that one is justified in supposing that, during this 120 ARCHITECTUR
A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . 5 o Oh ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. 119 The east wall of the church and the greater part of the endsof the adjoining walls were taken down and rebuilt. Thejunction of the old and new work in the north and south wallsis very noticeable ; a very rough and irregular joint is formed. Uh >—, on both sides, and the new wall, especially on the south side,is thinner than the old. The sacristy door in the south wallwas blocked up ; and the east wall impinges so closely on itseastern jamb that one is justified in supposing that, during this 120 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. rebuilding, the chancel was shortened by at any rate a fewinches. A new string was taken round the whole chancelbelow the sills of the windows, and the older buttresses, roundwhich it is continued, were perhaps rebuilt. The north-eastand south-east corners of the chancel were strengthened bynew buttresses, set diagonally, 2 feet broad, and some 3! feetin projection, which have their outer angles chamfered andare carefully bonded into the adjoining new masonry. Thesebuttresses have base-courses with a plain chamfer, single off-sets, and stepped sloping tops. The older buttresses seem nowto have been finished off with sloping tops ; but the keeledstring-course, forming a hood-moulding to the lancets andc
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