Looking up to the right as you come in through the Lantern Gate you can see two key features of the Church - both connected to time! The first is the the clock, which has its face on the exterior east wall of the nave. The clock was presented to the parish by Major Henry Smyth and his wife Elizabeth in 1863. The mechanism is in the tower and is connected to the face by a shaft running under the roof. This was one of several gifts and endowments by Major Smyth to the church and parish. The clock has recently been refurbished and keeps good time. The sundial on the east end of the south wall of the chancel was made in 1822 to replace an earlier one which had been placed centrally on the same wall. Move along the path a little, still looking up to the right. |
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