74 THE CHURCH SCREENS OF DORSET. 



predominant colour, and the robes are striped with dark blue. 

 The base beam is gone, but the middle rail remains. 



STANTON ST. GABRIEL. 



The ruins of the ancient church stand in a lonely position 

 near the sea. In 1841 the present church was erected a mile 

 and a half inland. The old rood beam was transferred to the 

 new building and erected at the entrance to the chancel. It 

 has been much restored. The cornice and standards at either 

 end are modern. Both sides of the beam are ornamented 

 at regular intervals with conventional flowers attached to a 

 banded roll moulding. The beam is in good preservation, and 

 probably dates from the latter part of the 15th century. 



STOCK GAYLARD. 



In the vestry is preserved a single painted panel with a 

 figure in scarlet robe with ermine tippet, holding a book. It 

 probably represents St. Jerome. This panel was discovered 

 during the restoration of the church in 1885. It was found 

 embedded in the north wall of the nave near the chancel arch. 

 There can be little doubt that it formed part of the rood 

 screen. The panel is much decayed and the face almost 

 obliterated; but it is an interesting example of figure painting 

 which is so rare a feature of Dorset screenwork. During the 

 restoration some remains of the rood beam were discovered, 

 and the present beam is a conjectural restoration of the 

 original. 



TRENT. 



Here is a magnificent rood screen of five bays with elaborate 

 tracery of the usual Somerset type, but having a transom, in 

 which respect it resembles the screens at High Ham and 

 Queen Camel in Somerset, though it is not so lofty or well 

 proportioned. It is practically intact, except that the north 

 end bay has been deprived of its tracery to accommodate a 

 doorway in the east wall of the nave, and the south-end bay 

 has lost half of the tracery. The detail of the lights is very 

 similar to Queen Camel; but here, the screen being low^er, the 



