Wyverstone St George?s church

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 12 Mar 2007

There is a most unusual window in the east wall of the tower. The south porch is a timber construction with a king-post roof, built in the early 15th century. Of the same date is the font with tracery patterns around the bowl. The simple ribbed cover is of the Stuart period. Above, the nave roof is a hammerbeam with arch-braced principals. On one of the principals is a pulley block, once used for raising a rowel to illuminate the rood. I have never seen a pulpit in a worse state. If any sort of professional restoration is required, it is surely here. The beautiful lower parts of the screen, most uncommonly carved in relief, are in a similar condition. Best left like this I suppose, rather than ruined by a coat of varnish. The only thing that looks good in this condition is the mediaeval iron-bound parish chest.

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