ching the whole
height of the upper walls of the nave, and resting on triangular piers,
which are faced with clustered shafts like those of the turrets, and
terminate in octangular pinnacles, resting each upon a square basement,
and divided by a moulding into two stages, the upper one of which is
perforated with narrow lights, edged with the dog-toothed quatrefoil.
The sides of the pier are lined with isolated columns in channelled
recesses, each column sustaining a ribbed moulding of the arch above,
and the whole series being finished with interlaced and foliated
capitals.

"The centre arch is narrower than the outer ones, the reason of which
will appear when we look at the situation of the doorways opening into
the side aisles of the nave. Had the architect designed the three
arches of equal breadth, the piers which sustain the centre arch must
have stood immediately in front of these door-ways, or the outer arches
must have been so contracted as to bring the turrets within the line of
the transept, and thereby conceal, in part at least, the towers behind.

"This circumstance of itself shows that the turrets, piers, and arches,
as they now exist, formed no part of the original plan. The interstices
between the pillars which sustain the centre arch differ from those of
the outer arches, in that they are chequered at regular distances with
clumps of foliage, as if exuberance of ornament were designed to
compensate for inequality in other respects. This inequality has been
still further obviated by the erection of a porch, which, after a
minute inspection, appears to have been inserted by way of support to
the central piers, both of which had previously swerved from the
perpendicular, as may still be seen. Over each arch rises a lofty
pediment, bounded by the wave and billet ornaments, and surmounted by a
perforated cross. The spandrils formed by the base of the pediment and
the arches beneath, severally contain, first, a deeply recessed
quatrefoil, above this two trefoil arches, and still higher two pointed
arches, resting on slender pillars, and filled with statues,--and also
a hexagon, the featherings of which clasp a human head.

"The pediments contain each a large circular light, with other
apertures and niches. The circle of the central pediment is divided by
mullions into eight lights, under trefoil arches radiating from an orb.
Those on the sides are divided into six lights, the featherings of
which are very b