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Rh NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CHELTENHAM. 103 liaving a tiiiislicd Brockwort-b Church central towor with a peculiar kind of high-pitched nnjf, without parapets. West- ward of the tower is a small south transept or chapel, and westward of this is a south porcli. The nave has a north aisle. The east and west arches of the tower are very rich, especially the latter ; that is, on their western faces, the eastern ones being com- paratively plain, 'i'he chev- rons are set in an oblicpie manner, which is difficult either to describe, or to draw^ accurately. Such specimens ought to be modeUed. And I should remark that in the Norman exam})les in this neighbourhood, great rich- ness and variety is given by the different ways in which the chev- rons are set ; some being on oi' parallel to the plane of the wall ; some to the surface of the archi- volt, and some on a surface fomi- ing an angle with both. The church of Brcdon in Worcester- shire, which I shall notice presently, exhibits very beautiful instances. The west lU'ch of the tower at Brockworth, has three orders to Avestward, resting on shafts ; to the eastward it has only two. The eastern arch has two orders, on a semi-cylindrical pier; its western face is enriched with chevrons. Both of these arches are semicircular. The chancel is Decorated, and has a south door, and a piscina, of which the basin projects, resting on an angular en- gaged shaft. Its niche is a pointed arch without foliation or label. The roof of the chancel is a cylindrical timber one, something like the frame of a shij). Part of it is boarded, and ornamented with ribs and bosses. The pulpit is of wood, with Perpendicular ])auelling. The font is round, without Capital «. f ilie north-west Tmpcst t Tlw-^!- arch, brcckwonh.