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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 229 There is a good rood-screen, c. 1450-75, show- ing grooves to carry loft on each side ; traces of stairs on S. side. At restoration parts of 14 old bench-ends were clumsily put together and painted to form a reredos ; they were not noted during our last visit (191 1 ), but we have since learnt that they are behind present hangings. Certain carved stall- ends in chancel were brought here from St. Teath, when that church was restored in 1879. A slate- covered seat or bench-table, 16 in. wide and 12 in. high, goes round W. and S. walls of S. tran- sept. An exceptionally fine 13th cent, sepulchral slab, 7 ft. long, tapering in width from 24 in. to 16 in., moved from S. transept to N. side of nave, shows head of a priest and cross sculptured in relief. On floor of S. transept is undated three- quarter brass effigy of Joan, stated on inscription to be the good mother of John Kelly, dean of collegiate church of Crantock ; he was collated to that office in 1430. An ancient Roman milestone also stands in this transept. Ironwork of exterior hinges of N. door is noteworthy ; it has been reapplied to a modern door; they are not, how- ever, Norm, as usually stated, but E.E., c. 1225. (Registers, 1546.) Towednack. — Small church of St. TewennoC) with walls of great blocks of granite, consists of chancel, nave, S. aisle and porch, and W. tower ; restored in 1869-70, when all windows were renewed. The only church in W. Cornwall with chancel arch ; it