The Transept

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The TRANSEPT was built in 1862 in the Early English style. Two lancet windows bear the arms of Tollemache and Western. The children of the church school sat here in Victorian times.

The stone FONT stands at the west end. It is 13th century and a deeper straight-sided version of that seen at neighbouring Tattingstone. It was restored in 1850 and raised on to a platform with a brass and enamel inscription. The cover was given in memory of a former rector's wife in 1933.

A GALLERY was erected at the west end in 1749 at the instigation of Tobias Rustat "for the sole use of the singers". Accommodation was short however before the opening of the transept and two wings were added in 1828. Riotous behaviour in it demanded a beadle as late as 1870: "for attending the boys and doors of the church £2 12s per annum".