side from a Norman pillar, with indented capital. Above this rises a
magnificent and elegantly proportioned window, divided horizontally by
embattled transoms, and perpendicularly by six upright mullions into
seven compartments; the arched head is gracefully pointed and filled with
a profusion of the most delicate tracery. On each side of the window is
a canopied niche, containing statues of St. Peter and St. Paul, the
tutelar saints of the Abbey. The nave is separated from the side aisles
by the semi-circular arches, resting on short mosaic pillars in the
Anglo-Norman style. The western portion has two pointed arches in the
Gothic style, rising from clustered pillars, with capitals composed of
small horizontal mouldings; a lofty and graceful arch opens from the nave
of the tower, and affords a view of the fine west window, the upper part
of which is filled with armorial bearings. The fine eastern window
filled with stained glass was executed by Evans, of Shrewsbury, with his
usual taste. Underneath this window is a beautifully executed stone
altar screen, composed of an arcade of five Norman arches, with varied
mouldings, surrounded by a pierced balustrade. The communion table is
fenced by stone railing uniform in style, the whole of which was designed
and executed by Messrs. Carline and Dodson, of this town, through the
liberality of the late Rev. R. Scott. The north east window of the north
aisle contains a figure of St. Peter, the arms of the see of Lichfield,
of Lord Berwick, the donor, and of thirteen incumbents since the
reformation. In the south aisle is a beautiful mosaic window of stained
glass, containing the armorial bearings, of the families connected with
the Rev. John Roche. At the west end of the church is a spacious
gallery, and an excellent organ, erected in 1806, at the cost of 365
guineas.
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