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years at least, than that of the chancel. The South window 
is much mutilated ; the drip remains, with the western- 
most corbel. It was formerly of three lights, and of the 
same date as the window I have just described. There is 
a piscina showing that there was once here a chantry altar. 
Its top is mutilated, but the bottom is boldly cut, and 
projects from the south wall ten inches. There is also a 
plain niche on the south side of the east wall, and a corbel- 
crowned head on the west side of the piscina, which may 
be a bracket; or it may be the finish of the drip of the 
south window, brought round to serve as a bracket. 
The FONT is very curious, situated under the Tower. It 
is circular, of an early Norman date, and figured in 
“ Britton’s Architectural Antiquities.” It bears this in- 
scription, carved in Roman letters : 
“HOC FONTIS SACRO PEREUNT DELICTA 
LAVACRO. 
There is an Inscription on the edge, of which I give a 
copy, but can make nothing of it. 
The TOWER itselfis square and low,andof three stages. 
The windows, both on the north and south sides of the lower 
stage, are square-headed Decorated, and of two lights, and 
correspond with those in the chancel. "The windows in the 
upper or belfry-stage are rather early Perpendicular, and 
are filled with stone, pierced in quatrefoils.. "The tower is 
surmounted by a plain Perpendicular battlement of good 
character ; the pinnacles are gone, which must have given 
to the tower a crown-like appearance ; their bases pro- 
ject beyond the surface of the tower. "The string-courses 
are good, the upper one adorned with bold gurgoyles. 
The groining of the Tower is gone, and all the roofs are 
plastered inside. 
