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FROM LAUNCESTON TO BODMIN.
Route 2
pendicular style, recently and effectively restored. It was erected
in 1524 by Sir Henry Trecarrel of Trecarrel; consists of a nave,
chancel, north and south aisles, and west tower; is entirely
built of granite, and bears on its walls “ a profusion of sculptured
ornaments, panels, and letters. Among the first are several
representations of the pomegranate and the rose, and various
shields of arms, with the Prince of Wales’s feather or plume.”
The south porch is large and.handsome; has a room over it, and
basso relievos, in front, of St. Martin and St. George and the
Dragon. Beneath the east window is a niche containing a
figure of St. Mary Magdalene. On a series of shields, arranged
round the building between the basement and windows, are
embossed the following devout ejaculatory phrases—a letter on
each shield:—
“ Utaria ®rat«, glma, gammas tetam sgonsus, amat Jsjjonsam
DHaria, aptimam partem elegit. & qaam lerribilis at melaenbas est latas isle,
frert affair nan tst trie nisi iramasgei tt parfa Caeli.”
In the interior are numerous memorials, and a curious
polygonal pulpit. Observe the monument and effigies of the
brave old loyalist, Sir Hugh Piper, d. 1687, and his wife
Sibylla.
Of the Priory founded here by Bishop Warlewast for
Augustinian canons, temp. Henry L, the principal remains are,—
a Norman archway, enriched with chevron mouldings, which now
figures as the entrance to the White Hart Inn. Of the walls
which formerly encircled the town there are several portions
standing, and a handsome decorated gateway, on the Devonshire
road.
ST. STEPHEN’S (population 929), the north suburb of
Launceston, lies in a very fair and fertile country. Its Church
is built of granite, and exhibits Early English details in its nave,
and Perpendicular in its tower, which is lofty, square, and
massive.
IThe principal Seats in the vicinity may easily he enumerated.
Trebartha Hall (F. Todd, Esq.), on the river Lynher, and within a short dis
tance of NORTHILL (population, 1392), 7 miles south-west of Launceston.
Werrinoton (Duke of Northumberland), south of WERRINGTON (population,
707), on the river Werrington, a branch of the Tamar, and within the boundaries of
Devon. The grounds are extensive and beautiful Distance from Launceston,
about 3 miles north.