176 REMINISCENCES OF OLD ALLESTREE. 
pitched ; a portion of the buttress and one of the corbels still 
remains. 
The most interesting portion of the Church is the south en- 
trance (See Plate I., the Frontispiece). The drawing from which 
it has been copied was made in the year 1865, before any 
alterations had been made ; soon afterwards, the nave, north aisle, 
and a great part of the chancel were taken down, and the Church 
was enlarged, an aisle being added on the south side, which ren- 
dered it necessary to take down the ancient doorway; and 
although great care was taken to mark the stones, so that in re- 
building they might occupy their original positions, that, however, 
did not happen to several of the stones in the jambs, which, 
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either by accident or design, have been somewhat altered, and 
one or two have either been replaced by new ones, or else so 
much re-chiselled as to have quite a different appearance to what 
they had when this drawing was made. It is necessary to say this, 
otherwise on comparing the etching with the stones it will seem to 
be incorrect. The curious triangular beaded ornaments have 
been placed in pairs, instead of alternating with one of the skulls 
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