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But though preparation had been made for stone vaulting, the roofs were of wood until the last restoration, when Sir Gilbert Scott put up the present stone groining. The effect is good, but would have been better had there been ridge-ribs and bosses.
There are also wall-ribs, and these and the ridge-ribs are much thinner than the groin-ribs, and consist of a single roll only. Without the aisle the width is only 30 feet, but this is partly due to the Perpendicular alterations.
Its bays are square, and the groin ribs consist each of three round mouldings, of which the most prominent is 'keeled'; but what is most remarkable is that there are also ridge-ribs, which are not usually found before the thirteenth century, and it has been suggested that this is the earliest instance of their employment.
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