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Parish Church of:
Altarnun
The church of St. Nun (or Nonna) is an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular
style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north and south porches
and a lofty embattled western tower, with pinnacles containing 5 bells: it has a
very fine oak roof and a handsome rood screen, paneled and traceried, and
restored in 1888 at a cost of £200: the seats, which are beautifully carved, are
of uncertain date, but subsequent to 1520: the stairs to the rood loft remain in
the north aisle, and in the south aisle is an ancient piscina and bracket: the
chancel retains an aumbry and two very curious paintings, dating from about
1620, of the "Crucufuxion" and the "Administration of the Holy Eucharist" the
church was restored in 1867, at a cost of £1,280, and has 400 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1688.
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