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the west of the doorway has a cinquefoil head of the 15th 

 century. 



WEST END : A doorway with stoup outside on the south of it 

 and a window above, 15th century ; much repaired. 



NORTH AISLE : The window nearest the east end is original and 

 of the 14th century ; the other windows in this aisle are copies. 

 The arch opening into the vestry is the ancient chancel arch of 

 13th century, removed to this spot at the last restoration. The 

 arch is not more than six feet in span, and is constructed of a soft 

 white stone not unlike chalk, known by the name of CLUNCH. 

 This stone was much used in ancient building. It will be found in 

 Westminster Abbey, in the front of Exeter Cathedral, in one of 

 the chapels at Christchurch, and in this neighbourhood, at Great 

 Toller, where an early arch lately discovered is mainly built of it. 

 Similar stone is found in the quarries of Beer, near Seaton, in 

 Devon. 



The TOWER on the south side of the nave is of two stages 

 the lower, 13th century, containing an arch and two windows 

 of that date, with a small doorway at the back facing the 

 roof, which, with the higher stage of the tower, was added two 

 centuries later. 



PORCH : In the porch, within the lower stage of the tower, 

 are a stoup with the face cut off and showing the basin in 

 section, and a niche ; over the entrance is also a niche of the 

 14th century. 



FUKNITURE. FONT : The basin, 15th century, of ordinary 

 type ; some of the panels have been chiselled. 



HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AS SHOWN IN ITS STONES : The church 

 was built mainly in the 13th century; the greater part of the 

 church now 7 standing is of that date. The chancel with its windows, 

 the priest's door in the side of it, a portion of the nave walls, the 

 tower (lower stage), and the church doorway are all of the Early 

 English period, and so is the small arch in the aisle, the removal of 

 which from the chancel has ruined the Early English aspect of the 

 interior. The heads of the windows are unusually round ; the 



