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and the base of a cross on the apex of the roof. The archway 

 leadinf,' into the church appears to be part of the first design. It is of 

 early-pointed style, and the jambs are cut from stones of larfi;e 

 dimensions. The general impression on entering the church is the want 

 of lieight, but this will be partly remedied when the ceiling of the nave 

 is removed and the roof restored to its original pitch. The nave consists 

 of four bays. They are distinctly of the Anglo-Norman period. The 

 cushion caps of the round columns are variously and prettily, though not 

 very deeply, incised. The pointed arches which they support are 

 surrounded by the nail-head mouldings ; this angle is shallow. The 

 south aisle has a panelled roof of Perpendicular period. One corbel 

 remains on the south side, representing a knight's head. This bears a 

 rude strut that carries one of the beams. The south evidently was the 

 Trenchard aisle. There are two canopied tombs, one along the south 

 wall and one at right angles to it ; this latter has manifestly been moved 

 from its original place to let in a more modern window. They are of 

 Purbeck marble, but all records of the persons to whom they were erected 

 have been removed. Eastward of these on the same Avail there is a 

 touching tablet to a lady of the family, of which the following is the 

 inscription, translated from Latin : — ' Sacred to the pious and honoured 

 memory of the esteemed second daughter of Thomas Trenchard, Knight, 

 and lately the deceased wife of William Pole, Knight, the eldest son of 

 John Pole, Baronet, whose bones rest beneath this marble, Avhile her 

 sainted soul triumphs in heaven and her loved memory smells sweet on 

 earth. She died, without leaving surviving issue, on the 9th 

 day of February, a.d. 1636. Two infants, John and William, 

 prematurely snatched away, are buried at Colyton, in the county 

 of Devon." Above this inscription is the monument, on whicii 

 is sculptured a lady in flowing gown and tippet kneeling before a desk 

 on which is an open book. On the opposite wall to this tablet are some 

 faint traces of mural paintings. Care should be taken in moving the 

 whitewash close by them, but I fear that nothing worth preserving would 

 be found. There are the remains of a squint or hagioscope leading from 

 this aisle ; proofs exist that tlie east and south window of tliis aisle were 

 filled with painted glass ; some round panes still remaining in the top 

 tracery of each show the old Tudor rose. The north aisle was built in 

 1838. It was enlarged to probably double its original size. The Avails 

 seem in good preservation, but the roof requires immediate attention. 

 A gallery, dating from the last century, blocks up a fine-pointed arch 

 into the tower. If removed there avouUI be disclosed an unusual feature 

 of village church towers— namelv, tAvo side arches opening into recesses 



