It is a basilica in that it has an eastern apse and three aisles, but in plan it approaches a centralized building, for it is nearly square, in contrast to the long basilicas in vogue in Rome.
It has a single eastern apse, a lofty transept, and five majestic nave aisles.
But upstairs at the three-floor store in the Nishi Kasai district, a forest of commuter high rises in eastern Tokyo, ghostly empty aisles in home appliances and women's clothing made it clear why Daiei had become perhaps the leading Japanese "zombie," a prime example of the thousands of dead businesses acting as if they are still alive.
Find the stall in the centre aisle in the eastern half of the market, across the street from the intersection of Altamirano and Sullivan.
The eastern end of the north aisle contains the chapel of St Werburgh.
In the eastern corner of the south aisle of the church is a monument of the Baber family, who formerly had large possessions in the parish.
In Potter's 1999 remodelling of the church the pipes of the organ were moved to the new west gallery and electronically enhanced, and the console installed at the eastern end of the north aisle.
St Nicholas has an extensive array of prayers, merchant's marks and other symbols, but is notable for the large number of depictions of ships, at least 30, heavily concentrated in the nave towards the eastern end of the south aisle.
This wall has blocked up windows extending to a low level above ground, indicating that it was an external wall and proving that the eastern limb then had no aisle (Fig. 5).
The early 17th-century Stanley pew at the eastern end of the south aisle is at the level of an upper storey, and is entered by a flight of steps from outside the church.
