164 MYLOR CHURCH; ITS CROSSES, FRESCOES, &C. 



Rude concentric rings, and margin-lines, forming an oblong 

 panel, adorn the upper part of tlie shaft. Tradition in the parish 

 declares that the Cross* stood originally at or near its present site, 

 marking St. Mylor's grave. 



Two other granite stones (of later workmanship, but much 

 weatherworn) were found preserved by being built into a wall on 

 the other side of the church. Together they represent, t in relief, 

 Our Blessed Lord on the Cross, beneath a cusped canopy, or trefoil 

 arch. The head of the figure is inclined towards the north, 

 resting on the right shoulder. 



A detached Campanile,! larger than the Tower of the Church, 

 stands in the Churchyard against the rising ground. 



Mylor is not mentioned, by name, in Domesday Book. 



The Church, in its oldest part, seems to date from about the 

 reign of William Rufus, or Henry I, c. A.D. 1100. About 1400 it 

 was enlarged and partially reconstructed ; and this process was 

 carried still further about 1500. Thus the edifice displays the 

 Norman, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles of Architecture, 

 prevalent during the periods of its successive alterations. Sculp- 

 tured stones belonging to each former style have been discovered 

 scattered amongst and incorporated with the rough masonry of 

 each later erection, having been used as old building materials in 

 their construction. 



The main portions of the Church itself consist of Chancel, || 

 Nave,§ Tower,^ (at the West End, embattled). South Aisle** (with 

 elaborate Porch), North and South Transepts, and a Vestry. This 



* Plate I, fig. 2. 



t Plate I, fig. 1. 



+ Erected probably to afford better accommodation for bells, the Cliurcli 

 Tower being very small. There are three bells in the Campanile (two of them 

 badly cracked). Their legends are the following: 



^ IN: HONORE: SANTI : GEORGll : 



EGO: ME: PRECO: SE: CLAMANDO: CONTERIMVS: AVDITE: 



VENITE: 1637: 

 1654: 



II Late Perpendicular. 



§ Norman and Perpendicular. 



^ Late Decorated, surmounting Norman west wall. 



»* Late Perpendicular. 



