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afterwardö feil down, showing the interior as it Is now aeen. 



THE CASTLE CHAPEL, DEDICATED TO ST. LEONARD, 



Stands in the upper court-yard, within the sunk area of 

 a smaU cemetery, the level of which is several feet below 

 the castle-yard. The parapeted wall around it is modern. 

 This chapel, er an older building on the same site, was, in 

 ancient times, the church of the parish ; but when the 

 Hungerfords converted their house into a Castle, and 

 enclosed it with high walls and a drawbridge, it became 

 necessary to provide for the parlshioners a church elsewhere, 

 to which they might have free access at all times. The 

 parish church then standing, was accordingly appropriated 

 by them as a domestic chapel ; and a new church, (the 

 present parish church of Farleigh ), was built on the hill 

 southward of the Castle. This was done by Walter Lord 

 Hungerford, High Treasurer of England, A.D. 1443. The 

 chapel porch is at the west end. The roof is of oak, 

 embossed with sickles, and the arms of the Hungerfords. 

 The descent into the buildiag is by a few steps, the floor 

 being below the level of the cemeteiy. There is neither 

 aisle nor distinct chancel; but the latter is represented by 

 a slight elevation of the pavement, for about nine feet 

 from the east wall. The east window is piain perpendi- 

 cular; the stained glass now there is of modern insertion. 

 The west window has decorated tracery. There were 

 formerly side Windows; on the south side, five, and on the 

 north side, three. These being much dilapidated, were 

 blocked up some years ago. The roof seems to have had 

 a coved ceiling. The fönt and piscma now in the chapel 

 were brought from the present parish church, about twenty 

 years ago. Of the armour suspended against the wall, 

 souic portions are rehcs of the old Castle armoury. The 



