=The Aisles of the Presbytery=, except for sundry attractive monuments, are not very interesting, but have undergone various changes. After the fall of the tower they were reconstructed in the prevalent Transitional style. In the Early English period the wall of the south aisle was rebuilt further south.[57] The old roofs were removed, the walls raised, and new windows inserted in the Decorated period by Bishop Gower (1328-1347). Three hundred years later they were in a ruined condition. In the general restoration of the latter part of this century they have been re-roofed and extensively repaired. [Illustration: THE SHRINE OF ST. CARADOC.] The capitals of the pier-shafts on the aisle side resemble those in the presbytery, but the piers themselves are peculiar. A group of shafts is attached to each pier; these, however, finish below the capitals of each pier with a bracket. It has been supposed that these were intended for figures, and it is quite likely that this may have been the best way the Transitional architects saw of avoiding a raw appearance when they gave up their groining system. The eastern walls of the presbytery aisles both show the very steep pitch of the early roof, which apparently remained till the walls were raised by Gower. In the south-east angle of the north aisle is a doorway leading to the arcaded passage in front of the main east windows. Scott restored the original Decorated windows, which he found much decayed on the north side; but on the south side, where no remains of the tracery were extant “and even the jambs were so shattered that it was only by a fragment here and there that the mouldings were recovered,”[58] the tracery he introduced was “founded on fragmentary evidence from other parts of the church of the same date.” But this archæologic proceeding has not resulted in any specially beautiful design, though, doubtless, it was the best thing that could be done. The modern roofs are decidedly good and solid--of a Decorated character and well carven. The north choir aisle is different to the south on account of the Chapel of St. Thomas, which blocks up the westernmost bay. A modern wooden staircase near the west end of the north aisle leads to the chapter-house.