| Summary: | The recording works at High Bickington have established that the structural development of the church is more complex than initially appeared, with many more phases of roofing, all conforming to the wagon-roof type but with considerable variation in detail and quite possibly a date range extending from the 14th to the 16th centuries. There is a strong possibility that elements of a 14th-century roof may survive in the chancel, and it is also suggested that the evidence of the roof structures of the aisle reflects the existence of an hitherto unknown northern transept, part of the original Romanesque plan but now almost wholly replaced and obscured by later fabric. |
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