50 CHURCHES IN THE RURAL DEANERY OF DORCHESTER. 



upper stage of the new tower, including the two-light windows and 

 gable roof which were added in 1863, were suggested by the tower 

 of a church near the lake of Zurich. The old altar slab was found 

 in the pavement near the door, and was buried under the north 

 pier of the new chancel arch. 



9. WINTERBORNE CAME. 



NORTH SIDE : DOORWAY OP CHURCH, 14th century. WINDOW 

 (north chancel), originally 14th century ; on this side are the 

 foundations of what may have been the rood loft staircase. 



EAST END : EAST WINDOW, 15th century, with 13th century 

 inner splay and window arch. 



SOUTH SIDE : SOUTH DOORWAY (built up), 14th century. 



Two of the square-headed windows (15th century) on this side 

 are remarkably good. 



TOWER : 15th century (late Perpendicular). 



The roof of the church was a characteristic one of the county ; 

 it was waggon-headed and plastered ; the chancel ceiling was 

 divided into four compartments by moulded oak ribs. This roof 

 was removed and the present roof erected in its place in 1883. 



FURNITURE : FONT, base and pedestal, 13th century ; basin, 

 15th century. PULPIT : Dated 1624, good. ALTAR RAILS : 

 Jacobean. 



ROOD SCREEN : Good 15th century work, in fairly good 

 preservation. The tracery panels in the heads of the doors are 

 original ; those in the screen modem copies. 



MONUMENTS : On the south side is a monument with a canopy to 

 it, under which is a brass to the memory of Dorothy Miller, who 

 died on October 15th, 1591. On the north side is a high tomb 

 with effigies of Sir John Miller and Anna his wife ; of his funeral 

 achievements the helmet still remains on the monument. " We 

 meet not unfrequently in country churches, nigh to which ancient 

 manor houses, mansions, or halls still or did formerly exist, and 

 sometimes also in town churches, suspended from the walls or lying 

 about the church, tattered banners and penons and pieces of 



