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



and the Chancel. It was a small doorway * with Norman jamhSf 

 leading to a straight staircase ascending in the thickness of the 

 wall. The Priest's door is in the south wall of the Chancel Aisle. 

 Between the Carclew Arch and the western end of the Nave, 

 the north wall of the Church is pierced with a Norman doorway t 

 opening 3 ft. wide ; and two new windows, to correspond, have 

 lately been added — one on each side of it. The rounded arch of 

 this doorway is spanned externally by a serpent, keyed with a gur- 

 goyle. The side pillars have ornamented capitals, detached shafts, 

 and moulded bases. The lintel and jambs are decorated Avith zigzag 

 bead-moulding and round bosses ; the tympanum displaying a Greek 

 Cross in circular sunk panel. A similar tympanum with cross was 

 found built into the gable of the South Porch ; and a third Norman 

 tympanum was discovered serving as a lintel for the Priest's door, 

 and containing cross and circle curiously combined. Upon the lower 

 edge of this stone was a straight smooth bead-moulding, returned, 

 so as to fit a doorway 2 ft. 10 in. wide. Several stones, bearing the 

 same plain single bead or pillar form of moulding on their edges, 

 were found scattered about in various places, such as the walling 

 of the arcade, porch, &c. When collected,^ they proved to be 

 portions of the jambs pertaining to this tympanum. With it they 

 have now been restored to what is, with good reason, deemed to 

 be their original position, being placed in the basement of the 

 Tower, so as to form the western entrance to the Church. The 

 rebuilding of them in this spot was suggested by the appearance 

 of some stones of their relieving arch which were still "in situ." 

 When some of the substituted and encumbering masonry was 

 removed, the old beam-sockets for securing the door were also 

 revealed. These, having been preserved, will be used as of yore. 

 Two Norman bases || were found at the South entrance; one 

 sculptured to represent three grim human faces ; the other a pig 

 or dog biting a bone. 



* A round Turret, of Norman design, has just been constructed near 

 this spot for heating purposes. The old jambs have been used at its entrance, 

 capitals being formed for them out of a semicircular conglomerate stone, cut 

 in two for the purpose. This stone was originally half a Norman capital, and 

 is still ornamented, as when found, by diaper work merging into zigzag. 



•I- Plate I, fig. 5. 



+ Plate I, fig. 4. 



II Plate I, fig. 4. 



