Looking at the south door, we can see where the original Saxon work has been infilled and a smaller 'Norman' doorway inserted at a later date. The arch of the 'new' doorway is typical of the period 1100 to 1150.
The photo on the right shows the Saxon 'herringbone' stonework and the use of Roman tiles in the arch of the door
Left: A photo of the nave of the church looking west to the inside wall of the tower with its triple light saxon window.
Right: This is taken looking east to the altered chancel arch and the saxon sanctuary in the form of an apse. I wonder if the original building was two storey?
There is a 'step' in the interior walls all round, below the clerestory windows. There is certainly the outline of a door on the inside wall of the tower below the triple window; this means that there was at least a gallery across the west end of the nave.
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