 St Edern 's has several pieces of 17th @-@ century panelwork , possibly of Dutch origin . There is a softwood panel screen between the nave and chancel , decorated with carved flowers and fruit , with a frieze of acanthus leaf . The reredos ( the screen behind the altar ) has further carved panelling , as does the upper section of the rectangular pulpit , a reading desk , the communion rail and a table . The panels of the communion rail , set between wooden columns decorated with fruit , flowers and ribbons , are topped by a long balustrade , also decorated with acanthus leaf . The panels came from Jesus College , possibly from the college chapel which was renovated in 1864 by the architect G. E. Street , or from a disused gallery in the library ; the balustrade previously ran along the tops of the chapel 's pews . The college 's archivist has described the chancel as containing " a startling assemblage " of panels , " patched together in jigsaw fashion " and " heavily varnished " . 
