.XXI 



THE AUTUMN EXCURSION 



A NUMEROUS party of members and friends of this Institution, 

 on Monday and Tuesday, the lOfch and Uth of August, made 

 excursions to objects of much antiquarian interest in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Liskeard ; in which town they received most cordial 

 sympathy and active assistance from the municipal authorities, 

 and from the officers and other members of the Liskeard Insti- 

 tution. 



About one o'clock on the Monday, about 120 ladies and 

 gentlemen started in vehicles of various kinds from the Parade, 

 in Liskeard, and proceeded, by way of Luxstowe, to the village of 

 Trevecca, where, in the Friends' Burial-Ground, rest the remains 

 of the late John Allen (author of a History of Liskeard and its 

 neighbourhood), whose memory is much esteemed among local 

 antiquaries. Thence to the summit of St. Cleer Down, where, 

 the weather being remarkably fine, an extensive prospect was en- 

 joyed of varied and interesting scenery ; and to St. Cleer Well, 

 the Baptistery of which was satisfactorily restored in the year 

 1864,* under the superintendence of Mr. Henry Eice, architect. 

 Mr. Rice now exhibited to the excursionists drawings which 

 showed the ruinous state in which the structure had remained 

 during many years. He said he thought the roof of the building 

 had fallen in and thrown out the sides ; but the old sills flow re- 

 mained exactly as they were found, not having been injured or 

 misplaced by the fall. He was of opinion that there had been no 

 central arch in the former building, and that the roof was self- 

 supported. The pinnacles were old, and also the coping ; the 

 pillars he had again inserted. No date was found anywhere. 

 The Cross adjoining had always occupied its present position. — 

 The dimensions of the building (as given by Mr. N. Hare) are : 

 length eleven feet ; width nine feet eight inches ; height thirteen 



* The restored building bears the following Inscription : 

 ^ Restored A.D. 1864, 

 To THE Memoey 



OF THE LATE EeV. JoHN JoPE, 



67 YEARS ViCAK OF St. ClBEB, 



BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN. 



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