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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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of the west front, usually the weak part of a Cross Church withno western towers, is worthy of careful study. The nave is flanked byhexagonal turrets with small spires, while at the angles of the aisles arealso small turrets with pinnacles. There is, of course, a large westwindow with a fine doorway below it; and above it, in the gable, a Figure,crowned and seated, holding between His knees a crucifix. A similarsubject may be seen in the ancient glass in the east window of ComptonBishop Church; it is intended, no doubt, to represent the Holy Trinity.Mr. Freeman ranks the west fronts at Crewkerne and Yatton as the finestin Somerset. Opposite the south porch is a noble six-stepped Calvary ofa Churchyard Cross. It is octagonal, each face of the lowest stepsmeasuring 8 ft. 7in., the height of the top step above the ground being7 ft. 1 in. (Aylburton Cross is set on a square Calvary, with sides of14ft. 2in., and is 6ft. 10in. above the ground.) This cross was set up in1499, and cost £iE.
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W. Moline, Photo. NEWTON TOMB IN NORTH TRANSEPT. Yatton. 11 Careful attention was paid to the delicate carving on the face of thesouth porch. On the parapet is a shield bearing three lozenges in fess,impaling a chevron between three escallops, which in this neighbourhoodwould generally mean a Montague and Chedder or Farway marriage, butno such alliance can be traced. The nave is a grand example of a SomersetPerpendicular nave, with five arches on each side and a string courseabove them, tall clerestory windows, and a high coved roof above all. Thepillars are of the common local type, a hollowed lozenge with attachedshafts. As at Wnngton, though not at Banwell, the innermost shaft iscarried right up between the windows to form a support for the roof. Atthe west end of the south aisle is seen a door opening into a stairway, bywhich access is obtained through staircases in the western turrets to thelead roof. There is a passage along the window-sill, as at Bristol Cathedral.The wall-pane

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