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to light the gallery. There were probably corresponding insertions 

 on the north, and the western one destroyed in the re-building 

 above referred to. The other retains part of its original glass — 

 the subject of the Crucifixion and the figure of a bishop are nearly 

 intact. A three-light window of Elizabethan type was replaced 

 in the part of the south wall rebuilt in 1781. 



The stair-turret for the rood-loft projected outside the north 

 wall, and has been destroyed with the exception of the two door- 

 ways, the upper of which now serves as a window. 



The font is probably coeval with the features first described, and 

 is a very fine specimen. It has a circular bowl 2 feet 9 inches in 

 diameter; around the lower part is an arcade of interlaced arches 

 with fluted pilasters, the caps of which bear a facial appearance. 

 The marks of the hinges and fastening of a former cover are evident, 

 the present cover is of 17th century work. 



The roofs of both nave and chancel (the latter has been re- 

 constructed to a lower pitch) are of the Early English trussed-and- 

 braced rafter type — the weather mould on the east face of the 

 tower shows that the roof of the nave also was of steeper pitch at 

 the time of the erection of the tower, the apex coming nearly up 

 to the belfry windows. 



The tower is one of the comparatively rare examples of 13th 

 century western towers. It is of three stages in height, a string- 

 course coming below the belfry windows ; the lower stage has a 

 fine arch opening from the nave of two orders of small chamfers 

 carried down the jambs, and in the west wall a good lancet window 

 with an old wrought iron grille on the outside, projecting beyond 

 the face of the wall. There are curious buttresses at the S.W. and 

 N.W. angles ; they were, apparently, intended to stop at the height 

 of about 7 feet from the ground (as indeed they do on their north 

 and south faces) but a change of plan carried them up on the west 

 face, and, to obtain the desired width, they are corbelled over in 

 four set-offs. 



In the middle stage there is a lancet window in the west wall 

 and, in the north and south walls respectively, there is a small 

 opening, circular on the outside with a diameter of 14 inches, but 



