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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 223 granite piers. Three-staged tower, with projection for newel stairs on N. side, has an inserted W. doorway dated 1630, which has given rise to the blunder in several guides that whole tower is 17th cent. There is a projection in bay of N. wall for rood-stairs. Image niches in E. jambs of two of N. windows. Aisles have good carving in wagon roofs ; nave and chancel roofs were mainly re- newed in 1879, but the latter has two of a series of small angels. Note, too, old glass in heads of several of windows ; chancel desks of old linen- fold panels, formerly part of chancel parcloses ; Jacobean work at back of stalls ; central panel of pulpit dated 1630, with Carminow arms, and Cornish motto, Cala: Rag: Whetlow, "A straw for a talebearer " ; good series of old bench-ends in the aisles, IHC, crowned M, symbols of Passion, heraldic, &c. ; remarkable early 17th cent, alms- box, with painted figures ; and plain octagonal 15th cent, font of greenstone, diameter 2 ft. 6 in. In sill of a window of S. aisle rests unidentified 14th cent, effigy of layman in cassock and gown, with feet on lion, and head supported by 2 angels. In new churchyard, on opposite side of road, stands a fine old cross, 13 ft. out of ground, with a four-holed head ; in height it is only surpassed by that of Quethiock. It had been broken into several fragments ; these were collected and in- geniously pieced together in 1868. (Registers, i 55 8.)