IIAXCINC OF BELLS WITHOUT TOWERS.

2or .T ^B^y->. ^iSyr/J&i^:^ Liuletou, Hampshire. "piM^^^^-^}^^^'^'^^^- 3. Ashley, HampbL:; which is of transition Norman character. Here the bells are still hanging in the openings, and seem to be as old as the building. The plain Norman imposts to the arches leave no doubts of their age, and the peculiar form of the bells, ha ing no runs turned outwards, but a thick plain edge, seems to indicate an equally great antiquity. These three examples behig all in the same neighbour- hood, the fashion may per- haps be considered as a pro- vincialism, but it is pro- bable that if the plaster or rough-cast were strij)ped olf the west gables of very many of our small ancient chm-ches, the same arrangement would be found to have formerly existed. The same neighbour- hood furnishes us with another example of a different kind, not less remarkable, and of about the same age. King's Sombornechurch,(4)inliamp- .,,M«i**>^»i