Fulford House is a quadrangle in a sad state of dilapidation; originally of Tudor architecture, but disfigured by bad alterations in the Prince Regent's days, when cockney Gothic was in vogue. In the house is a bad portrait of the "Royal Martyr," presented by Charles II., and one of "Red Ruin," a spendthrift Fulford. In the hall is some superb carved panelling, early Tudor. Exeter may be made a centre for ecclesiological excursions of no ordinary interest. Dunchideock Church has a well-restored screen; but by far the richest carved oak rood-screen in the county is that of Kenton, where also the pulpit is of incomparable beauty. The carver employed thereon was a man of no common talent, and the work is one of brilliant execution. There is much difference in the carving in the county--some is common, mechanical; that in the Kenton screen and pulpit is of the very finest quality. In the little church of S. Mary Steps, in Exeter, may be seen a portion of the screen removed from S. Mary Major when that monstrosity was erected. At Plymtree the screen bears on it contemporary portraits of Prince Arthur (son of Henry VII.) and Cardinal Morton. That of Bradninch has on it paintings of the Sibyls, the Doctors of the Church, and the Legend of S. Francis. Pinhoe was the scene of a great battle with the Danes in 1001. They had come up the Exe, and burned Pinhoe, Broadclyst, and some of the neighbouring villages. Levies in Devon and Somerset met them, but were defeated with great slaughter. The church contains a fine coloured screen with the vaulting-ribs and gallery. The alms-box is curious: it represents a serving-man supporting himself with a stick in one hand, the other extended soliciting alms. East Budleigh should be visited for its fine bench-ends, some very curious; one represents a cook roasting a goose; another a ship in full sail. Their date is 1534. There is a screen, but not of first quality. Littleham, near Exmouth, has a good screen. Screens are the features of Devonshire churches: a church was built to contain one. Without it the proportions are faulty. Books on Exeter:-- FREEMAN (E. A.), _Historic Towns: Exeter_. 1895. NORTHY (T. J.), _Popular History of Exeter_. 1886. JENKINS (A.), _History of Exeter_. 1841. CHAPTER VI. CREDITON Red stone and red cob--Cob walls--The river Creedy--Birthplace of S. Boniface--See of Crediton--The Church--Kirton serge--Apple orchards and cider-making--Francémass--Apple the basis of many jams--Song of the apple trees--The picking of apples--"Griggles"--Saluting the apple trees--The apple-crusher--Pomage--The cider-press--Apple cheese--Cider-matching--Racking--Cider for rheumatism--A Cornish cider song--John Davy--Seats near Crediton--Elizabeth Buller and Frances Tuckfield--The Coplestone--The North Devon savages--Lapford--Churches round Crediton--Rev. S. Rowe.