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 92 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL Davidstow. — Large church of St. David con- sists of chancel, nave of 5 bays, aisles, S. porch, and W. tower. Restoration, or rather reconstruction of almost all the fabric except tower, has deprived it of much interest. Lofty 1 5th cent, tower of 3 stages has double buttresses up to parapet, which is not embattled. Good S. entrance within modern porch has four-leaved flowers in hollow of mouldings and •♦o quatrefoils in spandrels of square of hood-mould. '-' Some old bench-ends, on one of which a man is playing a bagpipe. There used to be considerable 2* portions of rood-screen, as well as of a parclose screen [Exeter Dioc. A rch. Soc, iv. 289) ; some parts of latter are now at W. end of church. Two monuments in slate to members of Pearse family, 1638 and 1668, as well as several others of later date. Granite slab states that church was rebuilt in 1875, in memory of three centuriesof this family. All the fundswere found by Miss Pearse, of Launceston. (Registers, 1709.) St. Dennis. — The church of St. Denys is a plain rectangular building, with W. tower of 2 stages ; rebuilt in 1847. The 14th cent, tower and parts of S. porch are all that remain of old fabric. Former church had S. aisle and N. transept. When old church was shamelessly pulled down, arcade be- tween nave and aisle was transferred to new church of Nanpean. Royal arms are dated 171 1. (Regis- ters, 1687.) St. Dominic. — The church of St. Dominica was re-dedicated in 1263, but reconstructed throughout c.