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properly inclosed with a railing, having panneling 

 and a pediment at the back inscribed with appropri- 

 ate texts of Scripture. A neat baptistery is thus 

 formed in a style corresponding with the communion 

 table and altar-piece. Both were the gift of the 

 Rev. S. W. Gandy, late incumbent (now vicar of 

 Kingston-on-Thames), the memorial of whose care 

 for the seemly decorations of the church can scarcely 

 be said to be preserved by the modest memento of 

 his initials graven in the massive block of granite at 

 the chuchyard gate. 



Contiguous to the churchyard, and within the sanc- 

 tuary, as the ancient documents express it, is the 

 residence house. In 1827, it was a mere cottage, 

 containing only two rooms on the ground floor. It 

 has been since enlarged and renovated, partly at the 

 expense of the landowners and parishioners, and 

 partly by the incumbent. The original building, 

 which appears to have been co-eval with the church, 

 has been preserved ; and the modern additions have 

 been made to correspond with the ancient architec- 

 ture as nearly as circumstances would permit. The 

 windows command the greater and more picturesque 

 part of the scenery already described, while the 

 Tamar, immediately in front, presents the appearance 

 of a navigable lake, at least a mile in breadth and 

 and from six to seven miles long ; which, with its 

 constant succession of barges, market boats, wherries, 

 and small trading vessels, forms for the admirer of 

 nature a picture " ever charming, ever new." 



VOL. IV.— 1834. 



