Architecture

The Font and Arches
The font, near the north porch, is dated about 1300 and has a plain octagonal bowl and pedestal. The interior of the church has been sadly modernised and during a fairly recent restoration it seems that a rood screen, which marked the limits of the nave in the absence of a chancel arch, has been lost.

Facing one on entering the north porch are the two western arches, which are ancient; one of good Perpendicular work including a bracket showing a well preserved delineation of the hennin, or horned headdress of the 15th century. Beside the horned headdress referred to, there is a corbel carved with the head of a man. The other arch is Norman and, as mentioned, this Aisle is extremely narrow, having at its western end traces of an old doorway or window containing, some have said, indications of Saxon stonework.

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The two Western Arches