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 94 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL A costly but too vigorous restoration in 1863. Piers of 4 arches of N. aisle arcade, of Pentewan stone, have good capitals carved with fleur-de-lis. Hollow mouldings of pier and 2 arches of N. chancel aisle are enriched with delicate and beautiful carving of 15th cent. Vine trails and grapes on this arcade admirably executed; arms of Colshill and other heraldic bearings form part of the composition. In this aisle stands a table- tomb panelled with quatrefoils and shields, and bearing a bas-relief of the Crucifixion at W. end ; on it the effigy in plate-armour of Sir John Colshill, with collar of SS., 1483. Good screen to N. chapel ; old chancel screen altered in 1 863 to serve as screen to N. transept. W. end of nave strongly buttressed. Tower adjoins S. transept, but no communication with church; mainly 13th cent., and must have belonged to an earlier fabric. It is of two stages ; there used to be a third stage, but it was out of the perpendicular and taken down in 1863, when pyramidal roof of slate was substituted. Large octagonal 15th cent, font of granite, 46 in. high and 37 in. in diameter, is boldly carved with shields in quatrefoils. Rood-loft stairs proceed from N. chapel. Another monument is to Sir John Arundell of Trerice, who held Pendennis Castle for Charles I. in 1646, at the age of 87; he died in 1647. Along and very quaint rhymed epitaph to Maria Arundell, 1629, is based on the fact that her name makes the anagram of Man a dry laurell. (Registers, 1668.)