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8 ft from the ground a carved string course is carried 

 round the Tower, very much weathered, but the pattern 

 can still he made out in places. It consists of a repeating 

 Saint Andrew's Cross with triangular sinkings between the 

 arms. 



Faceby (St. Mary Magdalene). 



This Church was re-built, or rather a new Church was built, 

 about 20 years ago. An interesting Norman Chancel Arch 

 from the old Church has been built in over the entrance 

 doorway in the interior, and the old Font has also been 

 preserved. It is of a peculiar form, a kind of truncated 

 cone. 



Canon Atkinson in a note at page 77, vol. 2, of his 

 « History of Cleveland," speaks as follows with respect to 

 the above Chancel Arch :-" It is painful to have to 

 recognise, not so much the disregard of, as the entire 

 insensibility to, the interest and beauty of the architecture 

 and architectural objects of the old Cleveland Churches every- 

 where evinced during the latter half of last century and too 

 far down in this. Thus during the demohtion of iacehj 

 old Church I saw a large number of voussoirs and other 

 stones connected with two Norman Arches of exceeding 

 beauty, and one of them an elaborate Arch of three members, 

 dug out of the foundations of the Church which were being 

 removed to make way for a new one." 



"West Rounton (St. Oswald). 



At West Rounton is a Norman Chancel Arch, and there is 

 an angle shaft in each of the jambs, with caps and a moulded 

 abacus over. The Arch is double ; there are eighteen voussoirs 

 in the lower and twenty-three in the upper Arch ; both are 

 decorated with the chevron or zig-zag ornament. 



The entrance doorway is also Norman with a modern Porch 

 built over it. 



There is an interesting early Norman Font (said to be 

 Saxon), with rude sculptures of foliage and figures, probably 

 intended to represent some of the signs of the Zodiac. 



The top only is old, it is circular in plan, 2 ft. 8 in. in 

 diameter, the bowl being 2 ft. in diameter and 1 fo deep. 

 The upper or old part is 1 ft. 4^ in. high. The base is 

 modern. 



