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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 175 diagonal buttresses and a square newel projection on N. side ; and below the battlements is a corbel table; certain features show it to be 13th cent, date, but much altered in 15 th cent, when octagonal spire was added. Chancel roof new, but rest of wagon roofs with original plastered panels are old, and have good wall-plates. Square font of Caen stone, supported on octagonal shaft and 4 smaller pillars, has been much retooled and looks modern. Letter of Charles I. in N. aisle. Good floor brass to Sir Ralph Carminow, 1386. (Registers, 1536.) St. Merryn (Sts. Merryn and Thomas of Canter- btiry). — Chancel, nave, N. transept, S. aisle, N. and S. porches, and W. tower. Originally a Norm, cruci- form church ; the lower part of walls of transept and of N. sides of chancel and nave are of that date. Substantial low tower, though much altered in 1 5th cent., shows traces of late Norm. Transept rebuilt in 13th cent.; jambs of archway are E.E. ; trefoil- headed lancet window in E. wall. S. aisle added in 15th cent., absorbing former transept; arcade of 7 arches are of dark local Catacleuse stone. Beautiful early 15 th cent, font, with the 12 Apostles round bowl, is of same stone. It closely resembles that of Padstow, and was brought here from neigh- bouring ruined church of St. Constantine, when old Norm, font was transferred to Maker. Note holy- water stoups, just inside both N. and S. entrances; rood-stairs in transept ; ringers' rhymes, with figures of 5 ringers on a black and white floor and bells