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 320 LOW SIDE WINDOWS. At Ardley, Oxfordshire, a square-headed window of two hghts with Decorated tracery of a flowing character, the hghts divided by a transom, below which were the low side openings. The most remarkable ex- ample hitherto noticed is per- haps that at Prior Crawden's chapel at Ely, which is on the first floor, having a room under it. The low side window is in the usual situation on the south side, at some distance from the altar, and as there is no nave, not far from the west end of the chapel. This example is not easily reconciled with any of the existing theories respect- ing the use of these openings ; being about ten feet from the ground it could not well be used for confession, and would seem to shew that they were used for some internal purpose rather than external. There is a similar example at "La Sainte Chapelle" in Paris, at a still greater height from the ground. This example is the more singular from the fact of there being a second chapel below, and no low side win- dow in this lower chapel. The remarkable openings at the back of the sediha at Dor- chester, Oxfordshire, have been described as belonging to this class; but those were origi- nally glazed, some of the painted glass being of the Ardley, Oxfordshire 1 norCrawdrns Cbapal. Ely.