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THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 79 pointed arcading on 3 sides and fourth left plain. Arcade of N. aisle has 5 arches and octagonal piers; it is c. 1400. S. arcade, of Polyphant stone, has 4 arches, and is of last quarter of 15th cent.; capitals are varied and noteworthy. Rest of church is also of this late date, but hardly a single old window is left ; they were chiefly renewed in Poly- phant stone in 1877. Windows of N. aisle square- headed, and those of S. pointed. Squint at E. end of N. aisle with piscina below it ; chancel piscina is below a square almonry recess. The creed held by Robert Langeford is recited at length in a strange epitaph on his tomb, 1614. Royal arms, 1708. In 1904 further restoration, when new handsome screen, with rood, was introduced right across church, but old level was unfortunately not retained, and proportions are wrong. New pul- pit was added, richly carved, but material is unhappily deal. Chief beauty of this church remains to be noted. Noble granite tower, 97 ft. high, is one of handsomest in county. It is of 3 stages with double buttresses at the angles. These buttresses are carried up nearly to summit, ter- minating in crocketed finials attached to masonry. From angles of battlements spring substantial octagonal pinnacles surmounted by crocketed finials. Bell-chamber windows are three-light pointed examples with good formal tracer}' ; W. doorway has massive squared hood-mould with foliage ornaments in spandrels. (Registers, 1678.)