Work on the nave proceeded from east to west. The arches are flat pointed, indicating a beginning of the transition from Norman to early English. This 12th century work , probably 1180 to 1190. The nave is 'singularly elegant and light, simple and refined'. There are seven bays (formerly eight) of large and spacious arcading with each pier and capital different, including some rich and elaborate carving.
Moving from east to west, the pairs are: quatrefoil, quatrefoil with subsidiary shafts, round quatrefoil with subsidiary keeled shafts, octagonal, and finally clusters of eight keeled shafts. The capitals include scallops, various water-leafs, and crockets. In the vestries on either side of the tower are buried arches and on one capital (in what is now the kitchen) ate traces of old fresco colouring.
Clerestory
Shows how the walls were heightened when the aisles were raised and new windows inserted throughout in the Perpendicular style. Over the second pier from the chancel arch are two openings where the rood loft formerly stood, approached apparently from the outside. The roodscreen was pulled down in 1844. There are traces of fresco work on the north side, suggesting dimly a man or an angel or, according to one source, a man in a red cloak holding his head in his hand.
The wooden roof was constructed in the mid-19th century. Above it is a fine oak medieval roof, which hopefully one day can be revealed in all its former glory.
The font is of Purbeck or Northampton marble, and hexagonal in shape. Black conjectures that it is extremely early, possibly earlier than any portion of the existing church: Pevsner on the other hand, dates it as 13th century. The centre column is modern, the original having been lost when the font was disused and buried beneath the floor. It was restored in 1843/4 when an extensive restoration of the church took place, including perhaps the building of the roof and the addition of the 'poppy' head pews. (31)