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once read some extracts from a paper by Sir George Cornwall, 

 kindly furnished to him by one of the members, of which the 

 following is an abstract : — " The design of the south doorway is 

 that of the 12th century. The tympanum is filled with sculpture 

 representing the vine. The grotesque figures surrounding it are 

 the ordinary carvings representing the beak or cat's head. The 

 figures on the W. of the doorway are said to be in Anglo- 

 Saxon costumes ; the twining forms on the east side are those of 

 serpents or dragons. The interior is in the form of the ancient 

 Basilica or Hall of Justice, and therefore the eai-liest type of 

 Christian Church, with its nave, choir and sanctuary terminated 

 with a semi-circular apse. The chancel arch is of ordinary 

 Norman character, its jambs have figures of Saints carved on the 

 west side, holding their various attributes ; one figure appears 

 to be that of S. Peter with the keys, one that of a female. On 

 the south wall of the choir is an Early English window and a 

 priest's doorway of later date. The apse has ribs with Norman 

 zig-zag moulding and a central boss with grotesque heads. The 

 font is a large shallow bowl composed of the Old Red Con- 

 glomerate of the district. In the apse is what appears to be a 

 holy water stoup, with a pair of human arms around clasping it, 

 and the head of a serpent looking downwards ; it is detached, 

 and has probably been moved from its original position. The 

 altar stood away from the east wall, leaving a space behind it for 

 the Questor's seat in ancient times, and subsequently for that of 

 the Bishop or Presbyter." Having fully mastered the interior 

 arrangement the members passed out and noted the corbel table 

 with its grotesque heads and monsters under the eaves of the 

 roof, crocodiles, dragons, rabbits, and the distinct emblem of 

 Christianity, the Lamb and the Cross ; and at the west end the 

 gargoyles or brackets, probably a survival of the projections 

 from the end of the wall-plates in timber houses. The west 

 window, high up under the roof, was particularly elegant with 

 its Early Norman columns, and roll of the same size as the columns 



