History in Structure

Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist

A Grade I Listed Building in Morwenstow, Cornwall

  • St Morwenna: church set above rocky coastline; chancel with c13 lancets; other windows are c19 replacements

  • St Morwenna: three-stage west tower, c5 lower stages, c.1550 upper parts, tall corner pinnacles

  • St Morwenna: distant view from the west showing Hawker's vicarage (1837) to the north-east

  • St Morwenna: c12 Norman doorway set in south porch; zig-zag carving below an order of flowers

  • St Morwenna: nave looking east showing Norman features

  • St Morwenna: Norman beak heads in nave arches, chevrons below

  • St Morwenna: primitive Norman font; egg shaped with cable mouldings

  • St Morwenna: Hawker memorial window, 1904

  • St Morwenna: panel from the Hawker memorial window, 1904, depicting St Morwenna holding church

  • St Morwenna: panel from the Hawker memorial window, 1904, depicting the vicar with his dog & other features of the parish

  • St Morwenna: ship's figurehead from the Caledonia of Arbroath, wrecked in 1842

  • St Morwenna: slate memorial to John Kempthorne, d.1591

  • St Morwenna: memorial plaque to Grace Coryndon, d.1731

  • St Morwenna: slab commemorating Charlotte, d.1863, the first wife of vicar R.S. Hawker

  • Evening light on Morwenstow Church

  • C12 stone font inside the church

  • C12 stone font inside the church

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Entry Name: Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 29 September 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1141774

English Heritage Legacy ID: 64904

ID on this website: 101141774

Location: St Morwenna and St John the Baptist's Church, Morwenstow, Cornwall, EX23

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Morwenstow

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Morwenstow

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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