By C. E. Pouting, F.S.A. 25 



known how many other beautiful fragments then became so much 

 lumber !) 



All traces of the plan of the house seem to have been destroyed. 

 The original Church had a north aisle, and one complete round 

 pillar and one respond of the arcade, with parts- of two arches, 

 remain. The scalloped capitals and the chamfered arches of two 

 orders, as well as the base mouldings, all point to the latter half 

 of the twelfth century. In the walls of a cottage which seems to 

 have been built of the stones of the demolished buildings, several 

 fragments of great interest have been inserted, among which are : — 



(1) A traceried panel which looks like the front of a fourteenth 



century tomb. 



(2) Several caps belonging to pairs of shafts 6in. in diameter, 



which were spaced 5 J in. apart, and which apparently 

 formed part of the cloister ; as they are worked all round 

 they could hardly have been intended for wall arcading 

 The ornamentation of the caps is varied and most in- 

 teresting, scalloped caps having scrolls and other elabora- 

 tion ; another has a beaded moulding carried round under 

 the abacus and continued down each cap in zig-zag form ; 

 in another the capitals are arcaded, the arches being 

 occupied by figures — bishops, Blessed Virgin Mary and 

 Child, &c. 



(3) A figure of S. Peter vested in mitre, alb, chasuble, maniple, 



stole and pallium, holding the keys in his right hand and 

 a staff in the left. 



(4) Another figure in flowing garments, writing in a book. 



(5) Under the eaves is a capital with an interesting instance 



of the evolution of the volute. 



(6) Part of a fourteenth century panel. 



In the garden wall are portions of capitals and the fragment of 

 an Agnus Dei. At the back of the cottage there is a stack of 

 worked stones, including many beautiful capitals which seem to 

 be in danger of being destroyed by the action of the weather, even 

 if they escape being carried away, and it is much to be desired 

 that they should be better preserved. The present owner has 



