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240 THE CHURCHES OE CORNWALL damaged by fall, of which porch still shows evidence. Oldest memorial is to Richard Bere, 1618. (Regis- ters, 1540.) Week St. Mary. — Chancel, nave, aisles, S. porch, and W. tower ; over-restored in 1 880. Traces of both Norm, and E.E. masonry in walls. S. arcade of 5 bays has 3 arches c. 1400, and 2 altered at a later date ; piers of Polyphant stone and granite. N. arcade, c. 1475, has 5 four-centred arches on monolith granite piers. Fine unbuttressed tower, rising to height of 99 ft., has 3 stages separated by a double band of quatrefoil tracery, and plinth is somewhat similarly ornamented ; on second stage of S. side is a large canopied niche. It seems to have been begun at same time as S. aisle, but not finished until 1543; repaired in 1887. Rood-stairs on N. side ; portions of screen fixed to wall of S. aisle. Aisles retain much of old wagon roofs. In porch are some carved fragments, said to be parts of 15th cent, reredos from N. aisle. Octagonal font bears tracery, Tudor rose, and fleur-de-lis on panels. In S. aisle are royal arms "C.R. 1683." (Registers, 1602.) St. Wendron {St. Gwendron 1 ). — Chancel, nave, S. aisle, N. transept, S. porch, and W. tower ; chancel repaired about 1850, and rest of church extensively restored in 1868. Clearly a cruciform 1 There is an admirable and profusely illustrated account of this church prior to restoration, with ground-plan, in Blight's Churches of West Cornwall '(1865), pp. 98-108. M