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the wall, is a 

 in gel bearing a 



in the north-east angle, high up 

 stone roof corbel carved with at 

 shield. 



On the north side of the nave is an arcade of three 

 bays with pointed arches of two moulded orders upon 

 piers composed of four semicircular shafts separated 

 by hollows ; the shafts have moulded capitals and 

 bases ; the shafts on the east and west sides of each 

 pier are larger than those on the north and south, 

 and their capitals are deeper. In the east end of the 

 south wall is a low-side window of two cinquefoiled 

 lights under a square head, very similar in position 

 and detail to that at Hinxworth Church, and belong- 

 ing to the same period (about 1440). The two 

 other windows in the south wall are of three plain 

 lights under four-centred 

 arches ; these belong to the 

 1 5 th century, as also does the 

 south doorway of two moulded 

 orders with label. In the 

 north-east angle of the nave 

 is the doorway to the stair to 

 the rood loft. The roof over 

 the nave is of the 1 5th cen- 

 tury, plain. 



In the north wall of the 

 north aisle are three windows 

 similar to those in the north 

 wall of the chapel, and the 

 west window in the aisle is 

 like the east window of the 

 chapel. The north doorway 

 is blocked ; it has a four- 

 centred arch under a square 

 head. The roof over the aisle 

 is original, about 1440—50, 

 and has moulded principals 

 with carved bosses at the in- 

 tersections ; at the feet of the 

 principals are carved figures 

 of angels. The roof is carried 

 to a point a little to the east 

 of the chapel screen, the re- 

 mainder of the chapel having 

 a flat panelled modern roof. 



The outer doorway of the 

 south porch is of two moulded 

 orders, the inner order form- 

 ing the arch and resting on 

 shafted jambs with moulded 

 capitals and bases, the outer 

 order being carried over 

 square ; the arch spandrels are 



pierced. On either side of the porch is a three-light 

 window, most of the stone-work being modern. In 

 the north-east comer are the remains of a stoup. 



The tower arch is of three orders, a plain splay 

 between two hollow chamfers ; the semi- octagonal 

 responds have moulded capitals and bases. The 

 buttressed tower is of three stages ; the west window 

 in the first stage is of two trefoiled lights with quatre- 

 foiled opening above ; the second stage has a narrow 

 single light on the south side ; the belfry windows 

 are each of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoiled 

 opening in the head, but are much decayed ; the 

 tower is finished with an embattled parapet. 



A 15th-century oak screen separates the north 

 aisle from the chapel ; the open upper panels have 



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traceried heads, and the lower closed panels are also 

 traceried. The doorway has an ogee crockcted arch ; 

 a portion of the carved and moulded cornice remains. 

 There are some plain old pre- Reformation seats in 

 the nave, and the oak communion tabic belongs to 

 the early part of the 17th century. 



In the north window of the chapel are some 

 fragments of 16th-century glass with the arms of 

 Piggot and Prysot. 



In the chapel is a I cth-century altar tomb panelled 

 alternately with cusped niches containing small figures 

 of saints, and large cinquefoiled panels containing 

 shields bearing the arms of Piggot and Pryiot ; on 

 the west end one panel contains a shield, and the 

 other a carving of a pelican in her piety. On the 



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covering slab are indents of a man and his wife, four 

 shields and a marginal inscription. In the nave floor 

 is a slab to Richard Blow, who died in 1698. In 

 the chapel are the indents of an early 16th-century 

 brass of a man and his wife, with four sons and four 

 daughters, also two shields and a representation of 

 the Trinity, and in the south porch is the indent of 

 a 15th-century brass of a priest or civilian. 



In the churchyard are remains of the old font, 

 which is much broken. The octagonal bowl is of 

 the late lath century, and has shallow arched sink- 

 ings on the sides ; the clunch base is of the 15 th 

 century and is moulded with cusped panels. 



77 I" 1495 Laurence Harry! left money for painting the rood 

 loft and it! imag« (P.C.C. Wills, 11 Vox). 



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