Architecture

The Vestry and Chevron Moulding
The varied floor level is worthy of note, and it will be found that the Vestry floor is much lower than that of the present chancel. It probably marks the original floor level of the chapel.

There is nothing of particular not in the vestry, excepting that the plate included a chalice, two patterns and a tankard flagon, all dated 1783, which have sadly now been stolen.

Those interested in masonary should examine the outside of the western wall of the vestry, for here, built somewhat crudely into the wall and forming a semi-circle are parts of a chevron moulding evidently Norman. Whether or not these stones once formed the arch by which the occupants of the adjoining Manor entered the western wall end of the narrow aisle cannot be said, but certainly it seems possible. They may, however, have formed part of a South Porch in use before the South Chancel was built.

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The Main Aisle, from the Altar