ws below. This incident led, not too
soon, to the rebuilding of the fabric, at a cost of more than 1,200
pounds in 1872, on the site of the previous building, as also of an
original 13th century edifice. The present church is a substantial and
neat structure in the early English style, thoroughly well kept, and with
several pleasing features. It consists of nave, chancel, and porch, with
tower and low spire. The nave has, in the north wall, two single-light
narrow pointed windows, and at its eastern end a two-light window, having
a quatrefoil above. In the south wall there is one single-light and one
two-light window, corresponding to the above; the porch, taking place of
a window at its western end.

The two-light window in the north wall has coloured glass, with various
devices, one being a small copy of the famous Descent from the Cross, by
Rubens, in Antwerp Cathedral; another the Royal Arms, with the initials
V.R. below, and date 1848. The corresponding two-light window in the
south wall has coloured glass "In memory of Eliza, wife of the Rev. T.
Snead Hughes, late Vicar, she died March 9, 1872, aged 57." The subjects
in the two lights are the Ascension of our Lord, and the three women at
the sepulchre, with an angel pointing upward. In the west wall of the
nave are two pointed windows beneath a cusped circlet, all filled with
coloured glass; the lower subjects being John the Baptist preaching in
the wilderness, and the baptism of our Lord by John in the Jordan; the
upper subject is the angel appearing to Zachariah; all three having
reference to the patron saint of the church. An inscription states that
these are a memorial to the late Mark Harrison and his wife Ann, erected
by their family.

The font is of stone, octagonal, having four different kinds of crosses
on the alternate faces, a circular shaft ending in octagon, and on
octagonal pediment. Within the south porch, over the outer and inner
doorways are old fragments of massive zigzag pattern, all that remains of
a whilom Norman structure. The modern doorway arch, externally, has a
dog-tooth moulding, with floriated finials. The tower, over the porch,
is square below, octagonal above, with small lancet windows in each face,
and is surmounted by a low spire; it contains one bell. The roof and
sittings are of pitchpine.

The chancel arch is of massive stone, plain, and of wide span. In the
east wall of the chancel are three narrow windows, the c