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IFFLEY CHURCH, OXFORDSHIRE.

The central tower is very massive, being the whole width of

Corbel table, North side Tower

the church, and square, but rises very slightly above the ridge of the roof: the upper part is enriched, the lower part plain; the

South side of Tower

String on Tower.

buttresses are flat, the strings die against them, and are not carried round, as is frequently the case. The windows of the belfry vary considerably; some being worked, and others plain. The parapet is late, but the corbel-table is original, and it varies a good deal; some of the small arcs are round, others are straight sided, and some are foliated.

Moulding of Tower-arch.

The tower-arches are very rich, and many of the ornaments are of uncommon occurrence; some of them resemble sun-flowers, others pine-apples or fir-cones. Two of the shafts in the jambs of each of the tower-arches are of black marble. The bases of the shafts are of late Norman character. Under the tower is a flat boarded ceiling, which was renewed in the late repairs, but the arrangement appears to