The clustered pillars supporting the roof, with the arches surmounting
them, are lofty and slender, and the windows are large and numerous, so
that the whole interior has a light and airy appearance. The roof of the
nave is of fine open timber work, with a sort of wooden vault over each
window, like a stone roof. The Clerestory has seventeen fine windows on
each side, with short transoms in the heads, and good tracery. The
vaulting shafts are brought down to the bottom of the clerestory windows,
and have niches under them. There is a chancel or small transept on each
side of the nave. The font stands under a perpendicular canopy,
supported by pillars, and forming a baptistry on a raised platform, with
room to walk round the font. The east window is filled with beautiful
stained glass, mostly ancient. There are some fine paintings in the
vestry. The church was restored, the old pews were replaced by open oak
benches, and a new pulpit, reading desk, and altar rail, handsomely
carved, were purchased in 1851. During the alterations, a vault four or
five feet deep was discovered under the stalls of the choir. The outer
wall of this vault supported the screen dividing the choir from the nave
and aisles, and contained a range of about a dozen earthen jars, placed
on their sides with their mouths open to the vault. The use of these
jars has never been ascertained. The benefice is a perpetual curacy
certified at £10, and now valued at £87. It was augmented in 1746 with
£200 given by the Rev. J. Francis, with £100 of royal bounty from 1742 to
1810, and with £400 subscribed by the minister and parishioners in 1818.
The Rev. C. Turner, M.A., is incumbent.
_St. Giles_.
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