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recess with trefoil arch which may have been an inside aumbry ; 

 while over this window is a sculptured panel with the Calvary 

 group under a canopy. The blank wall, as seen from the outside 

 south of the sanctuary, is explained and more than compensated 

 for by the beautiful series of arches inside, forming triple sedilia 

 on one level, and piscina — the latter having its old corbelled bowl 

 but with new top. The arches are richly moulded and cusped and 

 have bold labels with carved head terminals and finials ; three of 

 the finials have been renewed and are not in keeping with the 

 typical 14th century one which remains ; three of the heads have 

 also been renewed and the other re-cut. 



The tower is of two stages — the lower one (probably a chapel) 

 with a two-light Decorated window in the north wall and an 

 archway, which appears to be a later insertion opening into the 

 nave; there are two buttresses standing square at each outer 

 angle. The top stage has been re-built in debased work ; a 

 Decorated window re-set in the north wall, but debased belfry 

 windows, parapet, and pinnacles. 



The short north aisle eastward of this has a two-light square- 

 headed loth century window in the east end and a square buttress 

 at north-east angle and plain parapet stepped up to follow the roof 

 (this may have been re-built). The two windows in the north 

 wall are modern. The archway opening into the nave has been 

 much renewed, but the two corbel heads are old, as probably are 

 the shafts supporting the inner order. 



The south porch is of two storeys, although the dividing floor 

 has been removed, and a stair led to the upper room from the 

 aisle. The lower storey has a single-light window in the west wall 

 and a similar one in the east ; the doorway has a four-centred 

 arch under a square label with nice returned terminals ; over this 

 is a small two-light window to light the upper room. There is a 

 stone bench against the west wall inside, and on it are cut marks 

 of games, including " Nine-Men's-Morris," but the one on the east 

 side has been removed to make room for the fine 14th century 

 coffin slab which, with its plinth, is worked out of a single stone, 

 14in. thick ; an incised cross is cut on the top, and there is a small 



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