Saint Bartholomew

Interior: early C13 pointed tower arch of 3 orders (with rolls on hollow chamfers to nave) under stopped hood-mould

South aisle, north wall: Cll circular Anglo-Saxon sundial with inscription: 'Ulf who ordered this church to be built for his own and Gunware's souls' and small figure of Roman soldier, perhaps C12.

North chancel chapel: pointed C14 arch with chamfered imposts.

Chest tomb with effigy of Sir John de Mulsa died 1377: shields and quatrefoils under billet ornament to chest.

Late C14 effigy of a woman under pointed chamfered arch into chancel.

C15 font, disused, to nave west end: shallow basin on octagonal pillar with high moulded base said to have been brought from the Church of Saint Hilda, Cowden Parva, now lost to the sea.

One of three fonts inside the church. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5260067 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5260069

© Ian S