Archaeologia Cantiana - Vol. 93 1977 page 40
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Excavations on the Site of Leeds Priory. Part I - THE CHURCH By P. J. Tester, F.S.A. continued |
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by cutting a doorway at the east end at its southern limit at a point
previously partly covered by the junction of the Norman aisle wall. Its
sides were splayed, and a rebate indicated that the door opened towards the
east. On the inner (eastern) angles of both jambs was a vertical keeled
roll, while externally on the south similar rolls flanked the semi-octagonal
base of a missing jamb-shaft (Plate VIIB). This base was mutilated but Fig.
2, no. 3 reconstructs its profile. Superficially, it might appear to be
Perpendicular although the elements of which it is composed are not
necessarily late, and circumstantial evidence suggests that the doorway was
contemporary with the widening of the nave and aisle. |
south arcade remaining attached to the inside of the west wall (Plate
IXB).
The rebuilt south wall contained much re-used Caen stone, as previously
mentioned. Two doorways existed in this wall — one occupying the customary
position for a processional door in the western bay, and the other in the
second bay from the transept. Both had marble cills and the external jamb
mouldings of the western doorway were sufficiently preserved to indicate
their Decorated character (Plate IVB). The other doorway was probably of
identical form judging from a displaced jamb moulding found near by, most of
the doorway itself having been destroyed to cill level. Covering the
threshold were remains of a floor composed of large plain yellow and dark
tiles laid chequer-wise, scored with radial grooves by the scraping of the
door and indicating that it was hinged on the west side. A curved stone step
bordering the tiles was formed so as to accommodate the inward swing of the
door (Plate IIIB). |
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