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flowing tracery, sunnounted by a gable springing from the eaves of 

 the nave roof. The south porch seems to have been added at the 

 same time. The outer doorway has been much cut about and altered, 

 but the label mould still remains. The roof is original, of open 

 arched rafters resting on a wall-plate ornamented with dog-tooth at 

 intervals, similar to that of the aisle at Nettleton. The stone seats 

 on each side are original. 



The square-headed two-light window of the nave west of the 

 porch is of the same date, with its tracery cut out, but indications 

 on the head, jambs, and mullion show it to have been similar to 

 the two-light window in the chancel. 



The tower is divided from the nave by a very curious arch, 

 consisting of three chamfered members towards the nave whilst it 

 is quite flat towards the tower. The opening in the clear is only 

 about 5ft. 



The belfry has a two-light window in each face ; the mullion of 

 the north one is formed out of part of a thirteenth century shaft 

 and base, presumably the remains of the original treatment instead 

 of the plain miJlions. There is one lancet in the west face to light 

 the ground-floor, and one above into the ringing-chamber on the 

 west and south faces. There is one bell inscribed : — 



" Mr. Thomas Ford and Joseph Oriel Churchwardens 1765. 

 J. Bilbie fecit." 



The font is octagonal and of the fourteenth century. 



The pulpit is of wood, of James the First's time, and is handsomely 

 carved as well as the sounding-board, which is original, but un- 

 fortunately the whole has been heavily painted and grained. There 

 is a large chest of the same time and work under the tower. 



The last, but not least, addition to the Church is the large 

 mortuary chapel of the Methuen family, on the north side of the 

 nave, erected about 1793. The ceiling is painted with various coats 

 of arms aiTanged very ingeniously into a genealogical tree. This 

 chapel must have superseded an earlier chapel or aisle, as Aubrey 

 mentions various monuments as occurring in the " North Aisle. "^ 



* Jaejeson^s Av.hr ey, p. 117. 



