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then existed, and that it had a quasi parochial status. St. Law- 
rence was so inconvenient for the bulk of the residents, that it 
may have been abandoned for St. George. 
So far as I am aware this is the first time that contemporary 
evidence has been cited of the existence of two chapels at Stone- 
house in the fifteenth century — St. Lawrence and St. George. It 
has been suggested that there was but one edifice, bearing the 
double name or dedication ; but this hypothesis I think cannot be 
sustained. The map is certainly very good proof of the existence 
of a chapel at the Passage; but while the conditions under which 
the predecessor of St. George was removed in 1789 to give place 
to the present structure are fully known, it must be admitted we are 
wholly without information as to the disappearance of St. Lawrence. 
It is not to be identified in Northcote's view of the Long Boom 
in 1769, though there is a building shown very near its site. 
However, there is secondary collateral evidence which is worth 
consideration. The " Ruins " at Mount Edgcumbe, and the alcove 
at Picklecombe, contain fragments of mullions, tracery, doorways, 
and other details from Gothic buildings, whicli are usually 
assigned to ancient edifices at Stonehouse, and I believe correctly. 
Still it is not absolutely certain that this was their sole origin. 
Lord Mount Edgcumbe has kindly informed me that the field 
west of the avenue at Mount Edgcumbe is called Chapel Meadow, 
which seems to indicate the former existence of an ecclesiastical 
edifice there (and the fact that Plympton Priory had property 
at Cremill will be borne in mind), possibly in the first place 
connected with the ferry, and subsequently used by the dwellers 
in West Stonehouse. The old barn at Barnpool was also of 
Tudor character. Both these buildings, therefore, might have 
contributed to the collection of fragments. 
There is, however, no tradition on record to this effect ; and a 
examination of the remains points clearly in the other direction. 
Both at the " Ruins " and at Picklecombe I find distinct evidence 
of the demolition of two buildings, the one Early English, 
thirteenth-century, and the other Perpendicular, and in part late. 
The chief remains (and they only have any architectural interest) 
are Early English, cut in Roborough Down stone. The Perpen- 
dicular work is in granite, possibly from two localities. At the 
" Ruins " are deeply moulded jambs, window heads, cinquefoil and 
other, with mullions and quoins, of Roborough stone ; and at 
