NOTES ON TINTAGEL CHURCH. 49 
and-short work surrounding them), by a Modern two-light window 
in the north wall, and by a round-headed Norman window and a 
Modern triplet in the south wall.* The old corbel-table is still in 
its place; it is of stone, bevelled from above inwards. Inside the 
North door, on the East side, still remains a bracket for an image. 
A great number of the old bench-ends, of 15th Century work, 
stained and blackened with age, were still in position in the Nave; 
they each bear two shields, which were covered with devices of 
the Passion and others then usually placed in such positions. 
The Font is very curious. It is square with faces at the 
angles, and is supported by four octagonal pillars and by a central 
circular one; the northern edge being ornamented for a short 
distance with crosses. 
The North Door is Saxon, and the South a very good example 
of Norman work. 
Both Porches are additions to the original plan of the church ; 
they are of Perpendicular workmanship, roofed with large slabs 
of slate. On the east seat of the South Porch a peculiar cross 
with diamond head is incised. 
The Tower is of Perpendicular date; of three stages, with 
battlements but no pinnacles, with a tower window of three 
lights ; it stands at the western end of the Nave, and, plain and 
sombre in appearance, its proportions accord well with its low 
and venerable church.} 
* During the restoration, two Norman windows were discovered in this 
wall, thus showing it to have been restored in that Period. 
+ In these Notes, I have described the condition of the church as it 
existed before its restoration; and, for the discoveries made during the re- 
pairs I am indebted to the courtesy of the Vicar, the Reverend Prebendary 
Kinsman. 
