d greatly to diminish the general effect.

[Picture: Horsham Church]

On entering the church by the eastern gateway, the interior of the
structure appears to the highest advantage: the large and beautifully
simple communion window, reaching almost from the basement to the roof,
is by no means the least attractive object of attention; while the
handsome appearance of the altar, raised by a flight of several steps,
covered entirely with crimson cloths, the unusually large extent of the
communion rails; and the numerous beautiful monuments, in every
direction, afford a very elegant appearance, perhaps not to be equalled
by any other parochial edifice in the county. Yet at the same time, the
venerable roof of oaken planks; the large yet highly sculptured beams
which have weathered nearly a thousand years; the tattered escotcheons;
the crested helmets; and the antique tombs, afford a view at once
pleasing and romantic.--Some attempt has been made to illustrate this
portion of the church, (the chancel) in the annexed engraving, but no
drawing can do justice to the original building.

[Picture: The Chancel]

The dimensions of the church are as below.

Length 146 ft.
Width 53 8 in.
Height 47 10

[Picture: The Nave]

The roof is supported upon wooden ribs, crossed by others of the same
materials: the joints are covered by ornamented plates of iron, of very
grotesque descriptions: in the nave, the ribs are almost double the
distance apart, of those in the chancel: the junction of the roof and
walls, in the latter portion of the edifice, are adorned with curious
little figures of horses, foxes, &c. &c. interspersed with stars, and
many other similar devices.

The entire edifice is supported upon eight columns on either side: three
constituting the chance, and the remaining five the nave: the galleries
are particularly neat, more especially that appropriated to the organ,
the whole of the pewing being covered entirely with green baize. The
lancet windows, with which the church was formerly furnished, have almost
all been altered for others of a later date, except in the clerestory,
where they retain their original form. The large east window, before
mentioned, was formerly adorned with no less than 14 coats of arms richly
painted. The roof was put up, at the time that the Norfolks were lords
of the borough: in the year 1825