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316 LOW SIDE WINDOWS. Of the thirteenth century there are examples at Ray don, Suffolk ; Elsfield, and Cowley, Oxfordslhre. All these are 1 M D 3C H i.^terior aud luteiior of the low sid« Wmdo^v, hual^eld, Oxon. clearly of the Early English style. That at Elsfield is remarkable for having a stone seat and desk formed in the sill in the interior. Another at Akeley, Buckingham- shire, also on the south side, has a trefoiled head, and is late in the style. The one at Raydon, Suffolk, (engraved in Brandon's Analysis,) is a very elegant example, forming part of the design wdth a single light window having a trefoiled head, and a trefoil pierced through the solid head above, the low side window itself has also a trefoiled head below the transom : this still retains the original shutter. The same arrangement of a lan- cet window divided by a transom occurs at Wittcnash, Warwick- shire, and is frequently used. At Oakington, Cambridgeshire, (engrav(Hl in Paley's Manual,)