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ANTIQUITIES 



The manor house called Temple is at present a single 

 building, running in length from south to north, and has 

 been occupied as a common farm house from time imme- 

 morial. The south end is modern, and consists of a brew- 

 house, and then a kitchen. The middle part is a hall 

 twenty-seven feet in length and nineteen feet in breadth ; 

 and has been formerly open to the top ; but there is now a 

 floor above it, and also a chimney in the western wall. The 

 roofing consists of strong massive rafter-work ornamented 

 with carved roses. I have often looked for the lamb and 



TEMPLE, IN THE PARISH OF SELBOBNE. 



flag, the arms of the Knights Templars, without success ; 

 but in one corner found a fox with a goose on his back, so 

 coarsely executed that it required some attention to make 

 out the device. 



Beyond the hall to the north is a small parlour with a 

 vast heavy stone chimney-piece ; and, at the end of all, the 

 chapel or oratory, whose massive thick walls and narrow 

 windows at once bespeak great antiquity. This room is 

 only sixteen feet by sixteen feet eight inches ; and full seven- 

 teen feet nine inches in height. The ceiling is formed of vast 

 joists, placed only five or six inches apart. Modern delicacy 



