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 the middle of the longer sides of the octagon. These have now been
built. The lantern has quite recovered its original beauty, after being
sadly mutilated and altered at various times. During the discussions
about the correct way of completing the lantern not a few persons
maintained that the true termination of the whole was a lofty, light,
open spire, and that if Walsingham never erected one, he must, at least,
have had one in contemplation. The examination of the interior
construction leaves no doubt whatever that no such fleche was ever
erected, and also that Walsingham intentionally completed the whole
without making any preparation for the addition of such a feature, a
preparation which he would beyond question have made had he thought a
spire was necessary to the completion of the work. The octagon is not
equilateral. The cardinal faces, being equal to the inner breadth of the
nave and transepts, are the longer. In all the faces just below the open
parapet are arcades of cinquefoiled arches, some of them pierced for
windows. The cardinal faces have each six such arches, and the other
faces only three. These shorter sides only have large windows, the
others abutting directly upon the roofs. These large windows have
exquisite tracery; they are all of four lights, with transoms, and are
beneath arches unusually acute for the Decorated period. The windows in
the lantern are new, Essex having destroyed the original fo
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