Cheriton Bishop
The old rood screen is gone from the nave, but a modern one has been erected in its place, and suffers by comparison with a portion of the ancient screen remaining in the north aisle. This old screen consists of two bays and the doors, the groining and cresting are gone, but some of the old cornice of grape leaves and fruit remains, and the lower panels contain paintings of saints, in a very dilapidated condition, they are so worn it is difficult to say what saints they are intended to represent. In the panels on the north side are figures of three bishops; one with his head in his hands; and a figure, apparently of a monk, in a white habit; in all there are twelve figures remaining; part of the old rood staircase can be seen behind the pulpit.
On the south nave wall are 2 hangings of the remains of older sections of the screen figures. It is impossible to work out who they signify. Now they are an emblem of past disfigurement or deglect.
01: St Blaise, St Denys
02: St Bernard? St Eligius
03: Old Testament prophets?
04: Old Testament prophets?
05: St Francis, St Erasmus,
06: St Leodegar (Boniface), Edward the Confessor
07: Damaged
08: Damaged
Screen