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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
a Transverse Section through the Church and Chantry Chapel; which latter
has a good oah-ribbed ceiling, ornamented with pateras and coats of arms. In
the centre of this ceiling, the Tropenell Arms and the Ludlow Arms on one
shield, evidently shew that the Chapel was an after-addition to the Church, by
the same person who built the Manor-House. The other two shields bear the
Tropenell Arms singly. That part of the Chancel which is immediately eastward
of the body of the Church is rebuilt on old foundations; but that part eastward
of the Chapel was added by Robert Neale, Esq., as the tablet over the small
door, with the initials R. N., andthe date a.d. 1775, indicates. By this addition,
the segmental arch in the south wall of the Chancel, and the elliptical one in
the east wall of the Chapel, were made, which do not add at all to the beauty of
the building; indeed, by the latter, the oak cornice of the Chapel has been
injured. The walls of the Chapel were adorned with fresco paintings, which
have been destroyed by whitewash: they seem to have been historical subjects
from the Bible: the details are referred by letter.
Plate III. shews the Elevation, Section, and Profile of the Porch, which,
though of late date, is of elegant design ; the soffit is enriched by panels with
tracery heads : the details are referred by letters.
Plate IV. gives, on one side, one-half the Elevation and one-half the Section
of the jBell Turret and Crochetted Spire ; plans of the same at tliree different
heights and details. The other side of the Plate shews the West Window and
its details. Round the bell is the following inscription: — rp anno domini
1622, and the royal arms of England as at that time worn.
Plate V. shews the elegant Stone Screen which divided the Chapel built
by Thomas Tropenell, Esq. from the body of the Church; the part shewn in
dotted lines is now destroyed, but is restored from portions of the small
spandrils still left. This screen has been disencumbered of its coats of white-
wash by the present Rector. It consists of a small door, 2 feet 6 inches wide,
and two tiers of three panels on each side, the upper tier being open ; and is
surmounted by a cornice enriched with the vine lecf, over which are five shields
bearing the different arms of the family of Tropenell, which the next Plate will
better explain; at the bottom of the Plate are details; to the left, the cornice
in section ; to the right, a section of the sill and base, and plans of the thejainb
and mullion.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
a Transverse Section through the Church and Chantry Chapel; which latter
has a good oah-ribbed ceiling, ornamented with pateras and coats of arms. In
the centre of this ceiling, the Tropenell Arms and the Ludlow Arms on one
shield, evidently shew that the Chapel was an after-addition to the Church, by
the same person who built the Manor-House. The other two shields bear the
Tropenell Arms singly. That part of the Chancel which is immediately eastward
of the body of the Church is rebuilt on old foundations; but that part eastward
of the Chapel was added by Robert Neale, Esq., as the tablet over the small
door, with the initials R. N., andthe date a.d. 1775, indicates. By this addition,
the segmental arch in the south wall of the Chancel, and the elliptical one in
the east wall of the Chapel, were made, which do not add at all to the beauty of
the building; indeed, by the latter, the oak cornice of the Chapel has been
injured. The walls of the Chapel were adorned with fresco paintings, which
have been destroyed by whitewash: they seem to have been historical subjects
from the Bible: the details are referred by letter.
Plate III. shews the Elevation, Section, and Profile of the Porch, which,
though of late date, is of elegant design ; the soffit is enriched by panels with
tracery heads : the details are referred by letters.
Plate IV. gives, on one side, one-half the Elevation and one-half the Section
of the jBell Turret and Crochetted Spire ; plans of the same at tliree different
heights and details. The other side of the Plate shews the West Window and
its details. Round the bell is the following inscription: — rp anno domini
1622, and the royal arms of England as at that time worn.
Plate V. shews the elegant Stone Screen which divided the Chapel built
by Thomas Tropenell, Esq. from the body of the Church; the part shewn in
dotted lines is now destroyed, but is restored from portions of the small
spandrils still left. This screen has been disencumbered of its coats of white-
wash by the present Rector. It consists of a small door, 2 feet 6 inches wide,
and two tiers of three panels on each side, the upper tier being open ; and is
surmounted by a cornice enriched with the vine lecf, over which are five shields
bearing the different arms of the family of Tropenell, which the next Plate will
better explain; at the bottom of the Plate are details; to the left, the cornice
in section ; to the right, a section of the sill and base, and plans of the thejainb
and mullion.