43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [exterior view]details

The treatment of the eaves illustrates a very characteristic, though by no means invariable Norman feature, namely, the corbel table, a series of prjecting stones at intervals, carrying a continuous course of long flat stones, forming a fine cornice and giving the eaves greater projection (38. 43, 45). The corbels are generally carved into grotesques and the under side of the flat course is sometimes shaped into a series of semicircular arches. The corbel table is common in freestone districts, but was usually omitted elesewhere. (p. 42)