424 Notes on the Churches of Ashley, Berwick Bassett, etc. 



through the respond on the south (which seems to indicate a loft 

 having continued across the chapels also) still remain, also the two 

 corbels which supported the front of the loft. The two openings 

 are now occupied by two Elizabethan figures, said to be those of 

 John and Elizabeth Goddard, whose monument, in wood, is referred 

 to below. The rood screen still exists, and is simple compared 

 with the western type. The central opening is square-headed 

 and on each side are six narrow bays ; below the middle rail the 

 space is occupied by plain boarding, instead of the usual mullions 

 and panels. The cornice has one band of vine pattern carving 

 and the original cresting remains (Plate XL). The loft existed until 

 al)out 1820. On the tie beam over the chancel arch is (apparently) 

 the base of the rood \ this beam with the cornice and boarding of 

 the east bay of the roof, has been painted and there are traces of 

 a coloured floral pattern on the wall above the chancel arch. 



The eastern bays of the aisle are screened off as chapels, the 

 screens coming under the arches and across the aisles, each of the 

 four screens has an opening with traceried head, the lower part, 

 unlike that of the rood screen, having panels. The north now 

 contains the organ. The south, known as the Bupton Chapel, 

 has a squint into the chancel. The colouring on the screens and 

 on the beam in the porch is said to have been reproduced from 

 remains of the old colouring at the 1874 restoration. The 

 marbling on the arches of the arcades dates probably from the 

 eighteenth century. 



In the south porch is a stoup worked on the east jamb of the 

 inner doorway ; a moulded beam is fixed across the porch over 

 this door and has obviously been worked for its position, in it are 

 two round holes as though for pins to secure a rood or some other 

 object. On this beam are now placed some fragments of stonework, 

 including late Norman and fourteenth century mouldings and a 

 fourteenth century head* 



The pulpit with its sounding-board is a fine example of Laudian 

 work with excellent carving, it bears the inscription: — "Ex Dono 



^ In Plate VII. this is concealed by the royal arms, which, together with 

 the seats shown in that photograph, disappeared in the restoration. — E.H.G. 



