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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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, but says that the church hasbeen completely modernized. Thus we have the clue to a late i8thcentury restoration, which went far towards obliterating its ancienthistory. The Saxon pillar was evidently the Norman respond which oncelielped to support the roof of the chancel^ and fortunately still remains.The Norman corbel-table also survived the ruin of ages, having pellet-moulding under the eaves of the nave, and grotesque heads, etc., etc.,under the eaves of the chancel. The north side of a church always seemsto be less affected by the weather than the south. It is for this reason thatthe carving on the south side has been cruelly scraped and cleaned, whilethat on the north is fairly uninjured. A large quantity of Norman carvedwork, including a portion of the Norman semi-circular chancel arch, or acopy of it, has been carefully preserved at the north-west corner of thechurchyard. One little piece of the Norman arch remains in the east wallof the nave on the south of the present arch.
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COURTYARD, STANWAY HOUSE.Photo by W. T. Alston. 24 Transactions for the Year 1900. We should judge from the two dripstones in the east wall of the towerthat there had been, in succession, a flat Norman roof, an Early Englishpointed roof, and a square-headed Perpendicular roof, with clerestory;and that, lastly, the roof has been restored to its 13th century jslOpe.r :- . There are traces of a Norman window and square aumbry on the nnrthside of the chancel. There is a fresco on the north side of the rhancelarch, with a rose, crown, and CP., of the date of James I, or Charles I.Great care has evidently been taken in the recent restoration, but thechurch had been terribly mutilated previously. Mr. Prothero kindly contributed the following notes on Stanway^House :— ^ The House is remarkable for the very fine grouping of its buildings.The court, 110 feet long by 55 feet wide, has the gate-house to the south.

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