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more than one object worthy of notrce, even within the 

 limits of this shor-t paper. The first of these is the doorway, 

 the straight arch of which is, so far as I know, unique in an 

 English building of this st3'le and date, although French 

 examples are not unfrequently met with * Above the door- 

 way, on either side of the wall, is a carved corbel course, evi- 

 dently built for the purpose of giving width for a rood screen. 

 The figures are now so much mutilated that it is impossil)le 

 to make out what they are intended to represent. They are, 

 however (according to Pennant) designed to express the 

 preparations for the burial of our Lord. Above the doorway 

 as I have just indicated, was jDlaced the rood screen, and by 

 means of the hoodmould to the arch over we are enabled to 

 perceive a curious twist in the wall above the level of the 

 caps. The face of the hoodmould is flush with the wall on 

 the south side. On the north it stands out 8 or 9 inches. 

 In the interior of the Chancel the greatest object of 

 attraction would of coui-se be the Altar, of which it is to be 

 regretted there is now no trace other than three corbels from 

 the east wall, which evidently supported the horizontal slab. 

 They are 7ft. 61n. apart from outside to outside, so that the 

 Altar would be something like 8ft. 6in. long. Above it stood 

 an image, the bracket for which may still be seen on the cell 

 of the eastern window ; and on the outside was placed a 

 buttress with pinnacle for its protection. Like most other 

 statues in such positions it would most probably be painted 

 to imitate life, and the costume brilliantly coloured and gilded- 

 On the left of the site of the High Altar may still be seen, 

 though in a sadly mutilated condition, the tomb of Lady 

 Margaret Douglas. The fragments that are still left, how- 

 ever, are fortunately enough to give us an idea of its sur- 

 passing beauty and richness of detail. Like most examples 

 of 15th and 16th century date it consists of a deeply recessed 



* It is worthy of mentiou that the Architect or " Master Builder " of the 

 edifice must have been a foreiguer— probably a Frenchman— for French 

 features are numerous, and the contour of the mouldings precisely similar to 

 many in Kouea Cathedral. 



