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arclies being supported by rDonolith. granite columns. The tower 

 is of two stages with, a crenellated parapet and four small 

 pinacles. The doorway of the south porch is square-headed 

 with four-centered arch, and the western or tower door is the 

 same and of good granite work. The east window in the 

 chancel is of three lights with tracery in the head. There is a 

 somewhat similar window without tracery at the east end of the 

 aisle and three others of a like character in the south wall, and 

 one in the north wall of the nave, all of the same type. The 

 tower was built in 1702, and is about 45 feet in height, the 

 tower arch being round and not centrally placed. In the tower 

 are three bells, all mediaeval. The first and third have legends 

 on them, but the second is quite plain. The legends are : 



I. ti* "fcJocc mea Dina ic pello cuntanocina. Diameter at the 

 mouth, 27|^-ins. 



II. This bell has no legend. Diameter at the mouth, 29f 

 inches. 



III. »J< ©fit micl)i coUatttin t|)c iatati nomcn amatam. Diameter 

 at the mouth, 32f -ins. 



Both the legends are in Old English characters. 



The interior of the church is in a very dilapidated and bad 

 condition. The old oak seats remain in the church, but they are 

 not carved nor have they ever been, but they appear to have 

 been planed, though they shew some traces of colouring. The 

 tie-beams of the roof and the wall plates are carved, but were 

 very thickly coated with lime-wash, which has been removed by 

 the rector, the Eev. W. Dunstan Bundle. Parts of the base of 

 the screen remain in situ and shew traces of colouring. The 

 font is octagonal and of granite. 



The only piece of altar plate now remaining is an Elizabethan 

 Communion Cup with a paten cover, of the usual type, and a 

 pewter paten. 



The Monuments in the Church, etc. 



There are few monuments, the earliest is of the date 1652. 

 It consists of a ledger stone circumscribed with the following 

 words : Mary y'^ wife of Abel French, gent., and daughter of 

 George Hele, of Whitstone, Esq., who departed this life on y^ 

 vj of Octobei', Anno Domini, 1652, set suae, 35. 



