The Environs of Bath. 



it was sold to Caesar Hawkins, gentleman, after Sir C. 

 Hawkins, Bart., and he, a few years afterwards, pulled down 

 the old mansion erected by the Haringtons, which was near 

 the church,, and built the present house. From a descrip- 

 tion given of the old house in 1764, it appears that it con- 

 tained, amongst other things, two grand carved stone 

 chimney-pieces, one of which was in the hall, and has 

 fortunately been preserved from the wreck, and may still 

 be seen ; it contains a curious representation of Joseph 

 and his brethren. The estate was sold by Sir J. C. 

 Hawkips, the grandson of the first baronet, to the late 

 Joseph Neeld, gentleman, from whom it passed by marriage 

 to the late Colonel Inigo Jones, whose son now owns it. 

 The Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, originally consisted 

 of a nave and chancel, with north and south porches, 

 as well as a perpendicular tower. It was, however^ found 

 necessary to pull down nearly the whole of it, except the 

 tower and the north porch, and it was rebuilt in i860. 

 In the door jamb in the north porch is a very small and 

 curiously sculptured rood, and in the porch may be seen 

 carved specimens from the old church, consisting of sections 

 of a cross and sepulchral slab, the device on the former 

 representing the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, with 

 the usual Saxon knot, that on the latter being an inscribed 

 cross. An old circular ornamented bronze, with christian 

 emblems on it, and a section of a piscina were also found, 

 most of which antiquities appear to be of Saxon, or tran- 

 sitional Saxon, work, and lead one to suppose that some 

 Saxon church or chapel probably existed on the site of the 

 church which was taken down. There are several monu- 

 ments in the church and churchyard to the memory of the - 

 Harington and Hawkins families and their connections. 



