NOTKS ON THE CHURCH OF ST. IVES. 261 



artificial verses inscrilied inform us, tlioiigh the legend along- the 

 sides reads " Here lyeth ye bodyes of Alse Sise and John Sise, 

 Ephraim Sise, Mary Sise and Ephraim Sise. Alse Sise huryed 

 ye 16th of Auguste 1642," and on one side the transposition 

 "Alice Sise, ills cease." Close by this nionnmontis the entrance 

 to the roodstairs, tlic external projection of >vhieh may bo seen in 

 the angle formed by the Trenwith Chapel wall with the i)orch. 

 This jirojection is locally known as the " Organ Tower," no 

 donbt a recollection of the time when that iustriiment had taken 

 the place of the rood. 



In the south aisle is a wooden memorial of Ann, the wife of 

 John Stevens, of Trevalgen, who died 15 September, 1729, 

 aged 2o. It is vulgar and ugly even in comparison with other 

 monuments of the same date. 



There are no traces in this church of old stoup, piscina or 

 credence, "* though perhaps further search might reveal them. 



There are doorways in the west face of the tower, through 

 the south porch, in the west wall of the north aisle (a most 

 unusual feature) a low doorway (lately raised) at the eastern part 

 of the north wall and in the south wall of the Trenwith Chapel 

 '^blocked). 



On the south side of the east wall of the north aisle is a low 

 arched recess, the purpose of which we do not understand. It is 

 certainly not a door ; and it has been suggested that it is the 

 entrance to a vault. 



Another feature of this church that is at first puzzling is the 

 position of the tower arch which is very much south of the centre 

 of the west wall of tlie nave. On the eastern face of the tower 

 there was found during the re-rooting of the nave an incised line, 

 showing that a former roof had had its apes immediately above 

 the tower arch. The church apparently at one time consisted of 

 nave and north aisle ; and there may also have been a south 

 transept. When the south aisle was built it was no doubt dis- 

 covered that there was not sufficient space for the jDurpose, a 

 difficulty that was overcome by narrowing the nave, with the 

 necessary result of disturbing its symmetry in the way named. 

 Other evidence of the want of space is to be found in the facts 



ij The present small bracket credence in the chancel is recent. 



