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 86 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL late 14th cent, parclose screen of S. chapel is also original. This church long remained in state of piteous dilapidation and squalor, to the disgrace of patron and lay rector (who draws upwards of £400 in tithes), the parishioners and all concerned. But on appointment of Rev. G. M. Parsons to this vicarage (net income of which averages less than ^30 per annum) a new era dawned. Active work of re- storation began in 1899, and church was re-opened in July 1902. The whole work was carried out on faithful conservative lines by Mr. Edmund Sedding, under the immediate control of the vicar. The vicar's labour of love was continued with much skill and reverent assiduity for much longer than the latter date. This ancient collegiate church is once again in possession of its former glory of screen-work, stalls, and seats, as well as of a wealth of carved imagery and coloured glass ; it is now one of the most beautiful sanctuaries in the W. of England, and a happy centre of reverent worship. The windows of the nave depict the various picturesque incidents in the interesting life of St. Carantoc. (Registers, 1559.) St. Greed (St. Cridd). — Chancel, nave of 5 bays, continuous S. aisle, N. transept, S. porch, and W. tower. Probably a cruciform church in Norm. days. Against E. wall of transept Norm, piscina shaft with chevron mouldings; above it trefoiled 13th cent, niche; shaft rests on substantial mensa of small