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these windows, and forming with them an arcade of great beauty, 

 are trefoil-headed recesses intended for the reception of memorial 

 brasses, two of which will shortly be fixed. 



Above the side windows are four quatrefoil panels, with bold 

 mouldings of chalk and centres of Caen stone. On these are carved 

 very deeply, beautifully, and elaborately, the " twelve manner of 

 fruits " of the tree of life, each compartment containing three 

 varieties. 



Part of the pavement of the chancel is filled with lettered tomb- 

 stones from the old chancel, and by a central gangway of diamond 

 pattern in red pennant and white lias. Other portions are paved 

 with encaustic tiles in geometrical patterns. 



The Reredos has a central projection of veined alabaster, ter- 

 minating in a crocketted gable and finial of Caen stone. In the 

 centre of this again is a quatrefoil panel, with a fine sculpture of 

 the Lord's Supper in white Derbyshire alabaster. On each side 

 of the projection are trefoil-headed recesses of Caen stone, with 

 the Ten Commandments incised, and in the spandrels are bosses of 

 spar with alabaster cups. The angle shafts of the central projection 

 are of green Irish marble, capped and based in carved alabaster. 

 Two sedilia are formed on the south side of the enclosure, by lower- 

 ing the window space and inserting a marble shaft. 



Externally the work is chaste and simple, the only ornament 

 being the carved terminations of the window labels, a bold corbel 

 table under the eaves course, and a series .of fleur-de-lis on the east- 

 ern side of the chancel gable. This is surmounted by a foliated cross. 



The windows were executed by Lavers and Barraud, in stained 

 glass. The eastern window, and those of the sacrarium, contain 

 subjects from the life of our Lord. The two windows in the central 

 bay are of floral character, containing the Rose of Sharon, the 

 Lily of the Valley, the True Vine, and the Passion Flower. The 

 glass is to be noted for the absence of glaring violent colours, and 

 recalls the subdued harmonious tone of the best ancient glass. The 

 drawing of the patterns is very excellent. The donors of the 

 several windows were Lord Methuen, Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, and 

 different members of the family at the Rectory. 



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