By C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. 287 
the whitewash having recently been peeled off the remainder, 
considerable traces of mural decoration were discovered. On the 
south wall, eastward of the door, is the lower part of aS. Christopher 
—a man with bare legs, and carrying a long staff: in the left 
hand lower corner is the figure of a boy pointing with a stick ; 
there are also to be seen in the surroundings three fishes and a 
bird’s nest. Over the south door, and continued over the filling 
up of the early window referred to, is a pattern of scroll-like stems 
with fruit and leaves, all in dark red colouring, and fragments of 
similar work occur on the north wall. On the east splay of the 
Perpendicular window here are indications of a figure of the Blessed 
Virgin Mary and Child. The east wall over the chancel arch has 
painting of a floral design without figures. 
Eastward of the cross passage (which was probably the only part 
then seated) the benches, with the exception of four, are 15th 
century work, with plain solid ends. The altar rails are good 
work of the Laudian period, the newels having tall turned 
terminals, and the balusters being alternately turned, and flat 
ones shaped. The lectern is a good example of the 17th century 
double revolving desk, on a stem, and bears a chained copy of 
Bishop Jewel’s “ Apology.” 
The pulpit is dated 1619 and has a blue velvet cloth embroidered 
I peer C The prayer desk is made up of work of a similar type, 




















and parts of the oak pews are preserved on the east wall. 
The royal arms bear the inscription:—“John Pile: Henry 
Rakings. Chr. War. Fear God. Honour the King. C.R. 1678.” 
There are five bells, the inscriptions of which are correctly given 
y Mr. Lukis,? excepting that the first word on the pre-Reformation 
ourth bell is AV, the E does not exist. 
The works of repair which have been carried out recently were 
imited to the nave and tower, and include :—the underpinning of 
e foundations of the leaning walls of the nave and of nearly the 
hole of the tower; the repair of the masonry and pointing open 
1 At the west end there is another fresco not yet fully opened out. 
? Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. ii., p. 207. 
