Archaeologia cantiana . 3- ^vfefgyjg^:^^ Fig. 2. HAWKHUEST CBUSCH, EAST WINDOW OF SOUTH CHANCBL, CHURCH OF ST. LAURENCE, HAWKHURST. 251 of flowing, but not of the ogee Decorated style. Theyare of four lights, one looking to the east (see Fig. 2),and one to the south. That to the east is filled withstained glass (Clayton and Bell), representing eventssubsequent to the Resurrection. The glass was erectedby E. J. Jenings, Esq., of Elm Hill, Hawkhurst, as amemorial to his first wife. The great east window is a fine specimen of thetransition from the Decorated to the Perpendicularstyle of architect
Archaeologia cantiana . 3- ^vfefgyjg^:^^ Fig. 2. HAWKHUEST CBUSCH, EAST WINDOW OF SOUTH CHANCBL, CHURCH OF ST. LAURENCE, HAWKHURST. 251 of flowing, but not of the ogee Decorated style. Theyare of four lights, one looking to the east (see Fig. 2),and one to the south. That to the east is filled withstained glass (Clayton and Bell), representing eventssubsequent to the Resurrection. The glass was erectedby E. J. Jenings, Esq., of Elm Hill, Hawkhurst, as amemorial to his first wife. The great east window is a fine specimen of thetransition from the Decorated to the Perpendicularstyle of architectme. Its tracery consists of two ogeearches, each covering two lights; and, in order to in-troduce a middle and higher light, the inside mullionsof these arches are carried, one right, and one left, ina circle round the whole window top, meeting at itshead. The circle is filled with six lozenge-shaped. Fig. 3. GKEAT EAST wiifDOW, HAWKHUEST (height 22^ feet, breadth 15J feet). 252 cnuiiCH or st. Laurence, hawkhurst. lights, forming a star, and so arranged that a verticalnioukling stands directly over the canopy of the middlelight, thus forming, in the midst of ogee tracery, whatwas a distinguishing feature in the then prohahly newstyle of architecture, the carrying mouldings in avertical line right up to the window heads. Thereare several little touches of this kind in the window(see Pig. 3). This splendid window is filled withstained glass (Clayton and Bell), representing theevents of the Crucifixion. Edward Loyd, Esq., ofLillesden, Hawkhurst, erected the glass to the me-mory of his parents. The east window in the north chancel, and i\wwindow set in the unscapled masonry of the northaisle, both with segmental heads, shew a further ad-vance in the Perpendicular style. In the south chancel there is a further advancestill in the same style, in a pointed arched window,with mullions rich
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