This is one that was taken in the 1980s I think, when we were surveying the windows to add protection to the windows. There was also a problem with the Victorian steelwork holding up the terrace itself.
Atop the SW corner of the church tower, is the 'St Michael's Chair'. Noted by William Borlase in 1762. The feature was originally the unique granite Lantern of around 1427, it formed an early lighthousing. Its original name was 'the light of St. Michael'. By 1699, its single stone roof had been damaged, perhaps by lightning, Celia Fiennes described it as a chair. The pentagonal stonework enclosed a well for oil, with a single wick.
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