The Thirteenth Century Extension

- 1274

The last vestiges of the Saxon church were removed in about 1280. The south wall and the Spital porch were rebuilt in the Early Decorated Style, and the windows on either side were enlarged.

The thirteenth century ashlar masonry on the inside of the south wall ‘batters’ or slopes outwards at the top, and was intended to take plaster. It was covered with floral frescoes. Fragments around the South Porch and others on the west wall were revealed in 1897 when the later plaster and whitewash was removed.