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INTRODUCTION 23 Sheviock. The wholly granite church of Callington, built throughout in 1438, is noteworthy. The PORCHES are a particular feature of not a few Cornish churches, particularly in the W. and S.W. A somewhat striking type of late 15th cent, granite porches is to be noted at St. Buryan, St. Breage, St. Just-in-Penwith, St. Madron, and St. Wendron ; they are buttressed where the porch joins the aisle wall, and double buttressed at the outer angles ; from the buttresses rise panelled pin- nacles with rudely crocketed finials ; the parapets are boldly embattled ; the doorways are depressed four-centred arches under squared heads, with carved spandrels. The porches of Callington, St. Juliot, and Luxulyan are also embattled, but lack pinnacled buttresses. In the neighbourhood of Fal- mouth are some charming 15 th cent.S. porches with exceptional entrances, having octagonal panelled jambs; they occur at St. Budock, Gunwalloe, St. Just-in-Roseland, St. Mullion, St. Mylor, and Sith- ney ; the heads of the arches have had some simple pierced tracery, but this feature is only perfect at St. Mylor. The granite porch doorway of St. Mabe has a rude cable moulding running round outer arch and jambs, with a series of coarse fleur-de-lis on the inside ; the inner enriched doorway is of Caen stone. The porches of Lelant and St. Erth, near the oppo- site coast, have also ornamental jambs. There are not many rooms over porches (usually by error called parvises) ; they are to be found at St.