ven by the
uniform tracery of the windows and by a crocketed gable above each of
the windows of the aisle.

#North Transept.#--The walls of the north transept are lower than those
of the nave, and its roof, covered with a particularly ugly coating of
zinc, is much more highly pitched. Thus the ridges of the two roofs are
practically level, while the battlement of the transept is only on a
level with the point at which the arches of the clerestory in the nave
spring. The union of the two and the contrast between the low-pitched
roof of the nave and the stilted roofs of the transept are rather
awkward. It should be said that the zinc roof of the north transept was
a necessity, as the old roof of stone tiles proved to be too heavy. But
for these inevitable differences the exterior of the north transept
blends most successfully with that of the nave, though, of course, its
details are altogether different. As an example of the great effect to
be attained by the lancet windows, delicate proportions, and restrained
ornament of the Early English style, it has never been surpassed. It
extends three bays from the nave. The aisle buttresses end some little
way below the battlements of the aisle. There are no buttresses against
the main wall of the transept; but it is ornamented with a row of
arches, some blank, and some pierced with the clerestory windows. These
windows are in groups of three separated by two blank arches. The blank
arches are wider than the windows. All the arches are decorated with
dog-tooth mouldings. The absence of buttresses and the continuous row of
arches cause a remarkable freedom from vertical lines in the exterior of
the transepts, which is also characteristic of the interior. The
battlements, both of the aisles and of the transept itself, are quite
plain. The most admirable portion of this transept is its north front,
which contains the famous group of lancet windows known as the "five
sisters." These are five very narrow and long windows separated only by
slender shafts. Below them is a blind arcade almost entirely without
ornament, and above them another group of five lancet windows of
different sizes, gradually diminishing from the central window to follow
the outline of the gable. The details of these upper windows closely
resemble those of the "five sisters," and they are flanked by two blind
arches. The buttresses are also ornamented with blind arches, and appear
never to have been finished, as t