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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 169 one of these earlier refittings the church lost an old screen and many bench-ends. In 1890 some portions of screen, in good condition, were found in a wall of the parsonage, and are carefully preserved. Note a 4-holed cresset stone ; l Norm. base of a corner shaft, recovered from rectory garden; 15th cent, piscina in transept; stoup in porch; 15th cent. S. door, closing- ring of which is absurdly termed a " sanctuary ring " ; and pulpit c. 1670. (Registers, 1558.) St. Martin-by-Looe. — Chancel, nave, S. aisle, S. and N. transepts, N. porch, and W. tower. Restored in 1882, and again on more careful lines in 1907. Norm, church was probably cruciform. In doorway within modern porch is richly ornamented Norm, work of 4 orders. Curiously carved Norm, font, 28 in. square and 10 in. deep, stands 30 in. high ; part of base has clearly belonged to another font, said to have been brought from West Looe. Several carved Norm, stones came to light during recent ~ restoration ; also an E.E. lancet light W. of S. « arcade. This small window and a few other traces ^ of 13th cent, work tell of the church re-dedicated by * Bishop Branscombe in 1268. Two lower stages of "~ tower are Dec, c. 1325 ; top stage, with square turret rising 10 ft. above parapet, at S.E. angle, is 15th cent., to which Perp. period, with its good wagon roofs, belongs most of rest of fabric. In chancel is trefoil-headed 14th cent, piscina niche, also good 1 Figured in Reliquary, N.S., xi. 59.