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the screens are identical in design, and they are in good 

 preservation. This is probably the best post-reformation 

 screenwork in the county. 



LONG BURTON. 



Quite recently two portions of Jacobean screenwork were 

 recovered from the Vicarage stable here, and after being 

 carefully restored were erected in the church at Easter, 1921. 

 Each portion consists of two bays, and there is no doubt that 

 originally they were placed in the two arches' which separate 

 the chancel from the north chapel. At present only one 

 portion has been replaced in its original position, and the 

 other has been placed in the tower arch. This second portion 

 contains the door, which is treated in the same way as the 

 other bays. The base beam and cornice are modern, as is 

 the frame, but almost all the rest is original, and it has been 

 conservatively restored. The wainscot consists of two tiers, 

 the lo\ver having plain moulded panels, while the upper has 

 fluted fan-shaped ornaments. The middle rail and uprights 

 have strap work, as has the top beam. The north side of the 

 wainscot is plain. The space above the wainscot has iron 

 .stanchions, and on the top are more stanchions with arrow 

 heads. These upper stanchions are shaped to the arch, rising 

 gradually to the centre. In the stable there is another bay of 

 screenwork, much later and plainer, with the same stanchions 

 above and below. The older work probably dates from circa 

 1630, and is therefore contemporary with the woodwork at 

 Folke. 



MELCOMBE BINGHAM. 



Between the nave and the south chapel is a wooden screen 

 erected by Sir Thomas Freke in 1619. It has plain wainscot, 

 while the middle rail is ornamented with interlaced circles on 

 the north side. The upper part consists of turned balusters 

 banded. The top beam is ornamented on both sides with 

 alternate circles and squares. On a shield on the south are 

 the initials S. T. F., and on the north the date 1619. The 

 standards have deep continuous moulding. The doorway is 

 at the west end, but it is doubtful whether there was ever a 



