278 Notes on the Churches in the Neighbourhood of Warminster. 



The parapet and three windows on the south of the nave are doubtless 

 made up of old stones. An old drawing, dated 1843, shows only 

 a two-light window eastward and westward of the porch, besides a 

 small later window under the last-named ; it also shows a two-light 

 square-headed window and a priests' door in the south wall of the 

 chancelj since re-built. 



The nave roofj arcades, and chancel arch are new features j the 

 porch was, as the inscription inside states, re-built by Maria 

 Waldron, in memory of a friend who died in 1863. The vaulted 

 roof and inner doorway are part of this work. 



The ancient colouring on many of the stones outside the north 

 wall of the chancel and vestry indicate their former use in the 

 interior. 



In the chancel stands a remarkable stone discovered during the 

 works of 1864 used as a building stone in the wall on the north side 

 of the chancel arch. It has been fully described and illustrated by 

 Dr. Baron,^ who says : — 



" The subject has never been satisfactorily explained, and is still open to in- 

 vestigation. Probably, if its date could be approximately fixed, it might by a 

 comparison of contemporary documents be found to be a conventional way of 

 representing some religious incident, e.g., Noah as the builder of the ark and as 

 a husbandman, or the return of the spies from the promised land. In the front 

 elevation is seen the figure of a man holding in his right baud, over his head, a 

 branch of an apple or other fruit tree, and looking up at it in a very awkward 

 manner; in his left hand he holds a mallet, or it may be a wallet. His short 

 smock and his slipper-shaped shoes agree with Anglo-Saxon costume. The 

 bamboo-formed moulding or leaning pillars with which the figure ;is enclosed 

 appear also to belong lo the same period, i.e., the tenth or eleventh century, say 

 about A.D. 1000." 



Dr. Baron's sketch does not show the pin which secures the robe 

 at the neck in front. I would only add that I consider it to be the 

 tapered shaft of a Saxon cross of the tenth century — the finishing 

 off at the top is modern and in cement. The key ornament running 

 round the upper part is worthy of note. 



The font is a magnificent specimen of early Norman work coeval 

 with the carved stones before noticed as built into the walls. It has 

 a rectangular bowl, 2ft. 6in. by 2ft. 2in., on a circular shaft and 



' Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xx., p. 138. 



