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stonework is defaced. In the south-east angle is a 

 hollow-chamfered four-centred doorway to the rood 

 stair, which still exists, as does also the upper doorway 

 to the loft. In the south wall of the eastern respond 

 of the arcade is a i jth-century piscina with cinque- 

 foiled arch, continuously moulded, with stopped 

 jambs.'° The head is square and the spandrels are 

 carved with roses and cusping. 



The south aisle has two windows in the south wall 

 and one window of three lights in the west wall, all 

 of modern stonework, except the hollow-chamfered 

 inner jambs of the easternmost window, which are 

 original. The south doorway has continuously moulded 

 arch and jambs, with square head 

 over the arch. The traceried span- 

 drels contain blank shields. A little 

 to the west is a small doorway 

 with pointed arch opening from 

 the aisle to the stair leading to the 

 room over the porch. The south 

 porch has an east and west win- 

 dow, each of two cinquefoiled 

 lights under a square head. The 

 entrance archway is of modern 

 stonework. In the north-east angle 

 is a stoup with arched and cusped 

 head, mutUated. The turret con- 

 taining the stair to the room over 

 the porch is on the west side. All 



the external stonework is modern. 



On one of the quoins of the porch 



is a roughly-cut sundial, about 9 in. 



in diameter, with Roman numerals. 



The room above the porch has a 



south window of three lights and 



a single west window, all of modern 



stonework. The single-light east 



window is original. The embattled 



parapet to the south aisle is badly 



mutilated and broken away. The 



north aisle has projecting eaves. 

 The west tower is of three stages 



with embattled parapet and slender 



leaded spire. The stair to the 



ringing chamber is in a circular 



turret at the south-west angle and 



is entered by a modem doorway 



on the west outside. The tower 



arch has two chamfered orders 



dying on square jambs. The west 



window is of three lights with 



traceried head ; it has been re- 

 paired with cement. On the south 



wall in the second stage is an old 



clock dial with the figure of Time 



above, and underneath is the legend 'Time flies mind 



your business.' The belfry windows are each of two 



lights with traceried heads, partly of modern stone- 

 work. 



The steep open roof of the chancel has a few old 



timbers in it. The nave roof is of 15th-century 



date. The tie-beams are moulded and rest on 



traceried brackets ; the stone or wood corbels have 



gone. Two at the east end appear to be modern. 



The main timbers are moulded and have carved bosses 



" It may have served for the altar of St. Katherine, which 

 possibly stood at the east end of the north aisle, at which chan- 

 tries were founded ; see under advowBon. 



at their intersections ; the cornice is embattled. At 

 the feet of the principal rafters are figures of angels ; 

 those on the north side bear musical instruments or 

 blank shields, those on the south side have shields 

 all blank except the two most easterly, which bear 

 emblazoned arms, but the colouring is indistinct. 

 One bears quarterly, (i) and (4) a chief indented, 

 (2) and (3) three birds. These arms also appear on 

 John Newport's slab in the south chapel ; the other 

 shield bears a cheveron between three crosslets fitchy 

 impaling three birds as on the quartered shield. The 

 roof timbers show many traces of coloured decoration. 

 The roofs over the aisles are also of I Jth-century 



FuRNEUX PeLHAM ChURCH from the SotJTH-WEST 



date and have traceried brackets under the trusses. 

 The roof over the south chapel dates from about 1 500. 

 The timbers are moulded and have carved bosses at 

 their intersections and have also figures of angels. 

 The spandrels are carved and rest on wood corbels, 

 the cornice is embattled. The whole roof has been 

 richly decorated in colour, the rafters still retaining 

 red, white and blue colours, arranged in alternating 



cheverons. 1 i_ 1 r 



The font has a 13th-century octagonal bowl ot 

 Purbeck marble. On each face are two shallow 

 sinkings with pointed arches. The panelled clunch 

 pedestal is of 15th-century date. 



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