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over it. The coffin-lid lying by the doorway is as old as the tower, 
and it is a pity that it is not put inside, where there is ample room 
for it, and where it would be better preserved. The archway between 
tower and nave is a fine lofty one of three orders of chamfers con- 
tinued down the jambs without intervening capitals, and the jambs 
stand on stone benches or seats which are carried across for the full 
width of the nave on each side. 
The porch, which has been re-built, retains its thirteenth century 
arch, and a coeval piscina exists in the south wall of the chancel. 
There is no evidence of what was done in the fifteenth century to 
the nave and aisles, for the south aisle having been done away with 
and the north aisle entirely re-built, with all new windows, all traces 
are, unfortunately, lost. But we have in the chancel some interesting 
features of this period. The central one of the three Norman east 
windows was taken out and a Perpendicular one of four lights 
inserted ; whilst a two-light coeval window, with its inside jambs 
carried down to form sedilia, took the place of one probably like 
that on the north side of the sanctuary. 
At the same time, probably owing to the development of ritual, a 
low-side window, with square head, was inserted on the north side 
in its most usual position near the chancel arch. It was probably 
put on the north side because, as at present, the greater number of 
the houses lay on that side of the Church. 
The bowl of the font, which stands on a new base, is coeval with 
the body of the Church, and is of considerable interest. It is 
octagonal, and the faces are carved with various emblems and 
devices :— 
On the east is a cross within a quatrefoil. 
On the south, a floriated cross. 
On the north, a representation of the Annunciation—the 
figures of the Blessed Virgin Mary and S. Gabriel, with 
a lily in a pot between. 
On the west, a leopard and dragon. 
On the south-west, a lion and three fleur-de-lis. 
On the north-east and south-east, leaves. 
On the north-west, a geometrical pattern. 
