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the stone kerb was composed of roof-tiles on edge, as at Higham Priory and
elsewhere.18 Arch Construction In the church, refectory and warming house are round-headed openings, as previously noted, the arches being turned in rough material without accurately shaped voussoirs. The recess in the west wall of the warming house has, however, well cut voussoirs of chalk. These surviving indications of the architectural character of the primary buildings suggest the use of a simple Romanesque style devoid of elaboration, which would be appropriate to the austere ideals of the Cistercian Order in the middle of the twelfth century.  Fig. 3 |
Capital, Base and Mouldings Fig. 3 Part of a chalk scalloped capital recovered in 1959 during excavation in the area of the south transept. It is now in Maidstone Museum, and Mr. L. R. A. Grove, B.A., F.S.A., F.M.A., has kindly supplied the drawing. The design is typical of the twelfth century. Fig. 4 1. Part of a chalk hood-mould, internal radius about 2 ft. 6 in., found in rubble overlying the floor of the north transept. A representation of a shield is deeply scratched upon it, suggesting that the moulding was accessible from floor level and so may have come from a doorway rather than a window. Probably twelfth-century. The elongated form of the shield indicates an early date but the diagonal lines across its face are not regarded as having any heraldic significance.19 18 Arch. Cant., lxxxii (1967), 147. Also, lxxii (1958), 21, and lxxiii (1959), 211-2. 19 Mr. A. C. Cole, B.C.L., M.A., F.S.A., Windsor Herald, has kindly advised me on this point. |
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