eautiful. The mullions, or radii, are all faced with
small pillars and capitals, and lined with the dog-toothed quatrefoil.
The outer moulding of the central circle is composed of closely
compacted trefoils, that of the others has the wave ornament. At the
base of each circle is a series of trefoil arches, rested on isolated
columns, four of which admit light into an apartment above the
vaulting, and three contain statues. The intermediate spaces formed by
the circle and the pediment, contain two niches, one on each side and
another above, all filled with statues. The niche in the apex of the
central pediment contains a statue, apparently of St. Peter, to whom
the church is dedicated, representing the apostle with the mitre, pall,
keys, and other insignia of the bishop of Rome.

"The turrets, before mentioned, are divided by the round moulding and
string courses into six stages, which are empannelled in front with
arches of different forms and dimensions. In the first stage from the
ground, and rising from a channelled base, are two lofty pointed arches
resting on slender pillars. In the second stage are four trefoil arches
similarly supported; this range is continued round the facings of the
inner wall immediately over the doorways, and forms the base of the
windows. The third stage contains one pointed arch, intersected by a
pillar in the centre, with curved mouldings, forming two lesser arches;
which last are again subdivided by pillars sustaining one circular arch
in the centre, and segments of arches on the sides.

"The interstices above contain two trefoil arches, with brackets at the
base for the figures. The mouldings of the outer arch, with the sides
of the pillars and all the sub-divisions, are studded with the
dog-toothed quatrefoil. In the fourth stage, are two deeply recessed
pointed arches, resting on clustered pillars; immediately over these is
a string course of stemmated trefoils, which is continued round the
front, the transepts, and the base of the north-west tower, together
with the more modern base towards the south. In the fifth stage are
four trefoil arches, like those of the second stage: these lie parallel
with those at the base of the pediments, already described, and with
those also of the side transepts. The sixth stage contains four long
and narrow pointed arches, having corbels in the space above, and
resting, like the whole series of arches below, on slender isolated
columns, with promine