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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 119 bowl sculptured with heraldic shields, one of which has arms of Kymyel impaling St. Aubyn. S. arcade has octagonal piers of monolith granite. (Registers, 1598.) Gunwalloe. — Church of St. Winwaloe, roman- tically situated on the verge of the sea near Mullion, is said, like St. Anthony-in-Meneage, to be a votive building for preservation from ship- wreck. 1 It consists of 15th cent, chancel, nave, S. aisle, and porch, and of a late 14th cent. N. aisle with its original windows. A distinctly bad restoration in 1869-70, when much new work was unnecessarily introduced. Arcades, of 5 arches each side, are supported on monolith granite piers. S. porch has panelled entrance jambs, and well-carved wagon roof. Remains of a stoup niche on W. side of N. doorway. The font, 22| in. in diameter, with a flat cover, has a resemblance to that of St. Buryan. At W. end is mutilated bowl of a Norm. font. Sills of the windows at E. end of both the aisles have been lowered for a reredos. Modern high altar of granite ; curiously proportioned, having a width of 48 in. Two bays of old early 16th cent, rood-screen remain. One of these, against N. door, has painted panels of St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. James the Great, and St. John the Evangelist ; the 1 The S. side of church is so often reached by sea spray that much samphire was growing on porch and S. wall in 191 1. The present writer visited Gunwalloe during a heavy storm in 1876, when the spray dashed over all 3 gabled roofs of the church, falling on N. side,