2.56 Notes on the Churches in the Ne'ighhourhood of WarminsLer. 



The font is coeval with the earlier parts of the nave arcade. 



The pulpit is a Jacobean one. 



There are several sun-dials cut on the wall of the south aisle (two 

 on one stone of a buttress, being inverted, show that this part has 

 been re-built), and one on the sill of one of the lancet windows of 

 the chancel. There are old inscribed stones built into the aisle wall 

 bearing dates 162"<i, 1663, and 1669. The inside has many interesting 

 monuments, but none apparently older than 1625. 



Mr. Miles records that there were formerly traces of painting in 

 oil on the chancel walls. 



I would, in conclusion, express my opinion that all lovers of 

 antiquity owe a debt of gratitude to the restorers of this Church 

 for preserving to us the unique features between the nave and 

 chancel. It may probably be considered by some to be inconvenient, 

 but I hope it may never on that account be altered. I would ask 

 those worshippers who object to it, so long as they can hear the 

 service at the altar, to be satisfied to see with the eye of faith. The 

 Saxon canon quoted by Dr. Baron, which says, in reference to the 

 consecration of the elements, '' Look who will,^' seems to show that 

 seeing was not regarded as a religious obligation upon all, but only 

 imperative in the case of some who find it a help to their devotion, 

 and the three openings afford the necessary means for their doing so . 



Upton Lovel. S. Peter. 

 This simple little Church possesses features of interest in two 

 periods widely distant. In plan it consists of chancel, nave with 

 porch on the north and a vestry on the south, and a western tower. 

 The chancel was erected at about the end of the twelfth or the be- 

 ginning of the thirteenth century, and the corbel table under the 

 eaves, the pilaster buttresses, the lancet window in the north wall, 

 the caps and bases of the inner shafts of the east window, the chancel 

 arch, and the piscina are typical specimens of the work of that period. 

 The east window had been destroyed and the bases of the shafts 

 were only opened out during the recent works of restoration : these, 

 with pieces of the caps preserved at the rectory, afforded the necessary 



