chancel screen
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Dr. Fosdick's party paused to study the great, stone chancel screen curving from reading desk to pulpit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chancel screen is modern with the exception of the lower portion, which has been made up of the old fifteenth-century bench ends.
From The Cornish Riviera by E. W. Haslehust
Fine woodwork is to be seen in the cradle roof, while the chancel screen was carefully modelled on one of earlier date.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. Dawson Scott
The handsome chancel screen removed from the hall, though large for its place, is of skilled later workmanship; especially rich are the spandrils and ornament on the inner side of the screen.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Edwin Walford
As she passed between the men and women to the big pew joining the chancel screen, they all touched their forelocks or dropped curtsies before resuming their seats.
From The Parish Clerk by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
