54 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



by the frieze (obferves Mr. Grofe*) of the 

 outfide cornice, which is ornamented with 

 monkeys and other grotefque figures, it 

 feems to be of more antient date. No- 

 thing can exceed the delicacy and elegance 

 of the Gothic work on the infide of this 

 building, which forms a canopy over the 

 well, having in the centre, and ferving as 

 origin to the Gothic arches, a circular 

 fhield on which is carved a coat of arms, 

 though not at prefent diftinguifhable. In a 

 nich, oppofite the entrance, flood once a 

 flatue of the Virgin Mary, but this has 

 been long deftroyed. The chapel over it, 

 which is of the fame date as the other part 

 of the building, is now converted into a 

 chanty fchool. The well is an oblong 

 fquare about twelve feet by feven. The 

 water pafles through an arch into a fmall 



* Antiquities of England and Wales. 



fquare 



