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Fig. 1488.—Wast-Town Church. View from South-East.
The chancel arch, which is 9 feet 9 inches wide, is in two orders (Fig. 1489), each splayed on edge. The wall is 2 feet 4 inches thick, and the
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Fig. 1490.—Wast-Town Church.
Belfry.
arch springs from wide spreading caps, which either rested on shafts, now removed, or only on corbels. This cannot at present be determined,
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Fig. 1489.
Wast-Town Church.
Chancel Arch.
owing to the building up of the archway. The detail of this cap or corbel is somewhat novel and peculiar in design.
There is a plain belfry (Fig. 1490) on the west gable.
The date of this church is probably in the sixteenth century.
