Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . er fourteen feet in length—were transferred to the face ofthe then existing western gallery, which dated back to churchwardens accounts for that year show entriesrecording the cost of its erection :— Item pd- for Buildinge the Laught ... £ib o oand subsequently, after enumerating several additionalcharges— the whole charge of the Lafte is ... £i\ 2 6 Its own, old, carved panelling, which now lines a part of thewalls of the church, is a good testimony to the much earlierdate of the altar rails, the difference in style being very marked. When this same
Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . er fourteen feet in length—were transferred to the face ofthe then existing western gallery, which dated back to churchwardens accounts for that year show entriesrecording the cost of its erection :— Item pd- for Buildinge the Laught ... £ib o oand subsequently, after enumerating several additionalcharges— the whole charge of the Lafte is ... £i\ 2 6 Its own, old, carved panelling, which now lines a part of thewalls of the church, is a good testimony to the much earlierdate of the altar rails, the difference in style being very marked. When this same Laught, or Gallery, was abolished, inthe most recent restoration of 1893, the superfluous railingswere again transferred to the body of the church, but thistime to the eastern end of the wide north aisle, where they * Where the base of the railings in the central portion had to berepaired, the pieces were not even joined so as to fit the pattern (seephoto No. VII.), but put together quite regardless of the design. No. No. X. Altar Railings in Woodbury Church. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. ioi still rest, much injured by their travels and by the intrusiveplane of some workman. However, there remains sufficientof their former beauty to show that they in no way differedfrom the portion now in front of the sacrarium. The whole of the various portions of railings now existingmeasures 29 feet 2 inches in length, including the gates. The hinges, locks and bolts of the central gates are originaland well worth examination. There is no other metal-workin the original construction of the railings, the parts beingsecured together by wooden pins. In the top of each large post-knob are small holes sunk,too large to be merely left from nails, and indeed from theirsmooth roundness they appear to have been drilled. Themain posts have only one hole each in the centre, but the twosmaller buttress-posts have four each. What these indicateI am quite at a loss to suggest. E. K.
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