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222 The central tower is very massive, being the whole width of

the church, and square, but rises very slightly above the ridge of the roof: the upper part is enriched, the lower part plain; the

buttresses are flat, the strings die against them, and are not carried round, as is frequently the case. The windows of the belfry vary considerably; some being worked, and others plain. The parapet is late, but the corbel-table is original, and it varies a good deal; some of the small arcs are round, others are straight sided, and some are foliated.

The tower-arches are very rich, and many of the ornaments are of uncommon occurrence; some of them resemble sun-flowers, others pine-apples or fir-cones. Two of the shafts in the jambs of each of the tower-arches are of black marble. The bases of the shafts are of late Norman character. Under the tower is a flat boarded ceiling, which was renewed in the late repairs, but the arrangement appears to