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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 57 and W. tower. Though rebuilt throughout to- wards close of 15th cent., it retains portions of t the three preceding styles. Two responds and. -, circular pier of S. chancel arcade are Norm. ; but ^ arches above are E.E. N. chancel arcade is E.E., ^ but arches above are Dec; both of these chancel £ aisles evidently widened and rebuilt in 14th cent. Font fine and richly carved example of late Norm., of Bodmin type, with central and 4 angle shafts. Noble tower, 94 ft. high up to battlements, lined ■ with granite, but exterior is Pentewan stone ; this H is also the case with rest of fabric. Canon Ham- ^° mond, in his well-illustrated book on St. Austell < (1897), has ingeniously fixed date of this richly jT sculptured tower. At N.W. angle are arms of " Courtenay ; Bishop Courtenay ruled over Exeter diocese from 1478 to 1487. At S.E. angle, shield charged with sprig of broom, planta genista; the last Plantagenet prince died in 1485. S.W. shield bears three fleur-de-lis, probably for Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall ; whilst 4th shield now blank. Tower has 18 statues. In highest position on W. front is usual mediaeval repre- sentation of Holy Trinity, below it Souls in Abraham's Bosom, and Annunciation. In lowest tier are three figures, the Risen Lord, a bishop and a priest. On other sides of tower are the 12 Apostles, 4 on each face. There are also 15 escutcheons bearing 12 symbols of the Passion, and ending with the Resurrection, Ascension, and