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Parish Church of:
Clement, St
The church of St Clement is an ancient building of stone,
chiefly in the Perpendicular style, consisting o chancel,
nave of six bays, south aisle, north transept or Polwhele
chapel of the 13th century, south porch and an embattled
western tower, with pinnacles, containing 4 bells: there is
a monument to Rear Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, of
H.M.S. St. George, 98 guns wrecked off Cape Rysenstein, on
the coast of Jutland, December 24, 1811: there are a number
of other memorials, all of modern date, and eleven memorial
windows: in 1844 and later years, a number of ancient mural
paintings were discovered: these include on the north wall
of the nave a figure of St. Christopher and on the east
splay of the aisle windows a female saint, the "Triumphal
Entry into Jerusalem," or "The Flight into Egypt," and the
"Crucifixion" the principles of the roof are also painted:
the church was restored about 1867, and has 200 sittings.
East if the churchyard near to the vicarage house, stands a
very ancient monumental stone, formerly used as a gate-post
to a field in this parish, and was inscribed "ISNIOCVS
VITALIS FILIVIS TORRICI": on the head is carved a plain
Greek cross within a circle. The register dates from the
year 1543.
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