cularouter and inner arches, plain except for narrow cham-fers on the exterior arch, which is of two orders,continuous with the jambs, remain much as theywere first built. Both were worked in hard chalk,or clunch, which was used for all the ashlar work inthe several periods until our own days, when… … WEST CLANDON CHURCH. 85 quite unusual in a small aisle-less church. There wouldbe difficulty in obtaining tie-beams of a sufficient span,as, allowing for the thickness of the walls—2 ft. 6 in.—they would be over 28 ft. in length. Probably thisexcessive span was a source of weakness to the roof…
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