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remains, which was left when the church was pulled down and 
rebuilt at some distance from its original site. This fragment com- 
prises the principal doorway, which was in a tower on the south 
side. It is perpendicular, and is suffering from the weather. 
The Manor house retains a late perpendicular hall and porch. 
At the upper or dais end of the hall an arch remains on the west 
side, which may have opened originally into an oriel. On the 
east side a similar arch has been removed ; part of the wall having 
been rebuilt. High up in the wall on this side is a stone mask, 
which served as a squint into the hall from an adjoining room. 
This has been moved, but reset in about its original position. 
The chamber which Tyndale, the translator of the Bible is said 
to have occupied, has been taken down. The stonework of its 
windows, good late perpendicular work, is lying in the hall. 
The buildings at the south end of the hall have been rebuilt, or 
- greatly altered. In this part is a staircase of good carved wood- 
work which may be of the time of James 1st, and an oriel window 
facing west, in which earlier work has been reset. To the north- 
west of the hall is a wing of the style that prevailed in the 
seventeenth, and the early part of the last century. 
Old Sodbury Church has been entirely rebuilt, but its origina) 
character has been to a great extent preserved. It is a cruciform 
Church, with the tower at the west end. The Chancel arch has 
been moved eastward from its original position, and wider Transept 
arches have been introduced. I omitted to note on the spot, but 
am pretty sure, that both the arcades of the Nave are similar, being 
late Norman, and the west windows of the aisles are of the same 
character. The south aisle has a good Norman doorway. In 
recesses in the north Transept are two effigies, which may both be 
of the thirteenth century. One, of stone, is a very rude specimen , 
the other is, I think, the most remarkable object in the church, 
being of oak, but much worn. It has been originally a good 
example. . 
The Tower, which is too low in proportion to. the Church; has 
