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taken in 1852, from the east end, from which it will be seen 
that at that time it consisted of a nave and chancel, and a north 
aisle and vestry. The old tower had then plain pinnacles at the 
corners ; they were removed at the restoration, and not replaced ; 
it was said they were ugly, probably they were not handsome, but 
then any nose is better than none at all, and they certainly took 
away the ugly square packing-case appearance the old tower has 
been afflicted with ever since. Seen from a distance they gave a 
pleasant break to this lumpiness, and there can be no two opinions 
that it looks much uglier without them. Our next sketch shows the 
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view of the Church from the south-east ; it was taken from the vicar’s 
garden, and also shows the yew tree, and the position in the wall 
of a well designed stone pillar. At that time there was a cleres- 
tory of three windows, and one large window below ; the windows 
of the chancel, of which there were two, had been filled up to 
give wall space for some mural tablets in memory of some mem- 
bers of the Mundy family. There was also an embattled parapet ; 
this had been done at some former restoration, the roof at the 
same time being lowered ; see the marks of the former roof on 
the tower. Our third drawing gives a sketch of the porch 
seen under the yew tree; it will be observed that to the west of 
the porch there is a projecting buttress from the tower with a row 
of corbels; these probably show the orginal height of the wall 
before the clerestory was made, and when the roof was high 
