Visited by the Society in 1889. 



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one on the east is placed out of the centre to accommodate a niche 



on the north side of it. There are also traces of another niche, 

 ij with its corbel, in the south wall and a good piscina preserved 

 | intact below it. The archway communicating with the aisle has 

 '! been removed and a modern window substituted. The corbel table 



of the thirteenth century chancel has been carried round the chapel 

 I as a cornice mould. At about the time of the erection of this 

 j chapel an upper stage was added to the tower, carried on the 



north and south sides on arches thrown across within the walls of 

 I the previous structure, as though to reduce its plan from an oblong 

 I to a square. 



There is an iron-bound oak chest in this chapel with the three 

 I locks as enjoined by the 84th Canon of 1603. 

 All the roofs of the Church are modern. 



S. Peter's. Little Cheverell. 



This Church was re-built, with the exception of the tower, in 

 1850, but several features of interest have been preserved, although 

 \ it is to be regretted that they have been so scraped as to make it 

 difficult at first sight to say whether they are original, or good 

 copies ; on comparing them with the new work, however, the 

 difficulty disappears. These reinstated features consist of the outer 

 and inner doorways of the porch, the chancel arch, the vestry 

 window, the priest's door, and the bowl of the font — all late 

 fourteenth century in date. The priest's door is a beautiful feature 

 with ogee arch, and has suffered less than the others. 



The tower is a remarkable structure of early fifteenth century 

 date; it has vertical wall-faces without weatherings or string-courses 

 to divide it into stages : the buttresses are massive and good, but 

 beyond a west window of three lights, with a doorway under, it has 

 no openings on either side (if we except the small slits on the north 

 and east). There is a singular corbel over the west window, with 

 rich oak-leaf foliage, and probably intended in lieu of a niche, to 

 support a figure of S. Peter. The original parapet or roof has 

 disappeared and a modern slated one has taken its place. 



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