78 THE CHURCH SCREENS OF DORSET. 



rest on moulded square shafts and responds with well carved 

 capitals. The entablature has dentil ornamentation and is 

 surmounted by a rounded pediment broken in the centre by a 

 shield. The pediment has dentil ornamentation. The 

 standards have bunches of flowers and elaborate capitals. 

 The wainscot is plain, but the middle rail is richly carved. 

 The doors have plain wainscot and middle rail, and the upper 

 part consists of plain open frame. The space above the door- 

 head is rilled with open work consisting of an elaborate floral 

 design, which is most effective. 



IBBERTON. 



Iii the tower arch of this church are the remains of a 17th 

 century screen. It is of very mediocre design, and much 

 decayed. The wainscot consists of plain panelling, and the 

 upper part has turned balusters surmounted by a plain cornice. 

 The door remains, but it does not seem to be in its original 

 position, and the whole screen shows signs of having been 

 much pulled about and dislocated. 



IWERNE COURTNEY. 



The nave and aisles of this church were rebuilt in the first 

 quarter of the 1 7th century by Sir Thomas Freke, who erected 

 a chapel at the east end of the north aisle for his own use, 

 and enclosed it' on the west and south by excellent wooden 

 screens. That on the west retains the doors with original 

 lock and hinges. There is an elaborate entablature supported 

 on lions and heads of men, and surmounted by scroll work 

 and ornaments, while in the centre is a coat-of-arms, of Freke 

 on the west and Taylour on the south. The wainscot is in 

 two tiers of plain panelling. Above, the screens consist of 

 lights with curious stiff tracery having a chained bull's head 

 in each light (the crest of Freke). The lights are divided by 

 turned balusters with square bases and capitals, the latter 

 being very elongated. The eritablature is ornamented with 

 trailing flowers. With the exception of the armorial bearings 



