ABKkCUNVVV. 103 



THE CHURCH. 



Altlioiigh the church has no pretensions 

 to architectural beauty, it is a very spacious 

 and venerable structure. It is rather irregular in 

 form, consisting of a nave and two side aisles, 

 supported by two rows of pillars, of which tlie 

 north aisle is a fourth shorter than the south; and 

 this latter only has a transept. The chancel is 

 divided from the body of the church by a very fine 

 old screen of ornamented wood, above which was 

 the organ loft, lately removed. The length of the 

 church to the extremity of the chancel is one hun- 

 dred and sixteen feet, and the breadth fiftv eiiiht 

 feet ; the chancel is thirty seven feet long by 

 twenty five. The pulpit and reading desk are 

 very handsome, being made of fine mahogany ; as 

 are also several of the pews. The font, placed in 

 the centre of the nave, is of great antiquity ; it is 

 made of stone and elaborately carved, with steps 

 encircling the base. As before mentioned, this 

 church was once conventual, and several illustrious 

 individuals were buried here; respecting whom see 

 before, p. 73. The monuments in the church at 

 present are comparatively modern ; the mostcuri- 



