CHRISTCHURCH TWYNEHAM PRIORY. under his superintendance, the whole of the buildings were rased to the ground, and others, of a more magnificent description, erected on their site, Several parts of the present Church are no doubt the remains of this work, particularly the immense piers of the nave; some of the exterior parts of the northern and southern transcepts ; and nearly the whole lower part of the south wall of the Church, extending from what is called the lead-house, at the western extremity, to the southern transcept. Subsequently to the time of Flambard, this Church appears to have undergone innumerable alterations; the consequence of which has been, that it affords specimens of almost all the various stiles of ecclesiastical architecture which have been in use from that period until the dissolution. The plan of the present building gives a nave, with a tower at the western extremity; north and south aisles; north and south transcepts; choir, with north and south aisles; and lady chapel at the eastern extremity. There is a crypt under each transcept and another under the high altar. The whole exterior length of the Church is about 311 feet; the width of the nave is twenty-seven feet; the interior length of the Church, at the transcepts, about 110 feet; and the height of the tower 120 feet. In our account of this magnificent edifice it is neces sary to state, that until about the end of the year 1809, nearly all the finest parts of the interior were concealed by innumerable coats of whitewash, and even of plaster, |