Complex sentence: The first church was markedly cruciform in shape, smaller than the present floor plan with a more truncated choir which was unaisled and only a single aisle on the north and south sides of the nave (Fig.4).
Split into simpler sentences: The first church was markedly cruciform in shape and smaller than the present floor plan. This early structure had a choir that was unaisled and more truncated, and a nave that featured only a single aisle on its north and south sides (Fig.4).