[187] In some chancels the idea of the keel of a ship is fully carried out, the walls widening as they ascend.
[188] The flat roofs well suited the heathen worship of ancient Greece and Rome, where the object of worship was shut up within the walls of the temple itself. It is far different with us, who worship a Deity who, though specially present there, is "not confined to temples made with hands."
[189] Wordsworth.
[190] See the Builder, Jan. 29, 1865, "The Roof and the Spire."
[191] So called from the triple form of the arches it most commonly has.
[192] See Parker's Glossary, "Triforium;" and Hook's Church Dictionary.
[193] It is probable that all Norman towers originally had low-pointed roofs covered with tiles (as at Sompting, Essex); tower roofs of this period with gable-ends are also sometimes to be found.
[194] Chiefly in Norfolk and Suffolk. Of these the round towers of Little Saxham and Brixham are perhaps the most interesting.
[195] There are several instances, however, in England of bell-towers standing detached from the church, as the beautiful tower at Evesham, Worcestershire, and the curious belfry at Brookland in Kent.
[196] Evidences of these priests' chambers exist throughout England: there are instances at Challock, Sheldwich, and Brook in Kent. In the last mentioned are the remains of an altar, with a portion of the original rude painting above it still remaining.