102 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL chiefly at the expense of merchants of Bristol, for it was a conspicuous sea-mark ; not completed until 1727. (Registers, 1695.) St. Ewe. — Chancel, nave, N. transept, S. aisle (rebuilt 1767), N. and S. porches, and W. tower and spire. Severely restored in 1881 at great cost. This was a Norm, cruciform church, of which respond of transept and parts of N. walls of nave and chancel remain. Squared font, on central shaft and with 4 angle shafts, having heads for capitals, also Norm. S. arcade of 6 arches, c. 1400, has piers consisting of circular columns surrounded by 4 smaller shafts; capitals have conventional foliage. Tower of two stages, with broached spire encircled by a foliated string, is of like date or somewhat earlier ; it has a height of 72 ft. Note excellent old chancel screen, carefully repaired, on which are arms of Henry VI., and those of Trendenham and Tirrell; 15th cent, altar-slab in N. wall of chancel; and letter of Charles I. in S. aisle. (Registers, 1559.) Falmouth. — Church of King Charles the Martyr, built in 1662-3, but not consecrated until 1665, is a double-aisled parallelogram, 90 ft. by 68 ft. Originally a square of 66 ft., but soon afterwards ex- tended a few feet eastward and westward with addi- tion of a weak W. tower. In 1812 again lengthened eastward; in 1861 tower was strengthened for bells and pinnacled battlements added ; it has since then been more than once improved. The double tier of
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