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Parish Church of St Marwenne

A Grade I Listed Building in Marhamchurch, Cornwall

  • St Marwenne: c14 & c15 cruciform church

  • St Marwenne: c14 lower parts of tower, two upper stages are c15 with angle buttresses in each corner; c14 south transept & c15 south porch

  • St Marwenne: interior of church with c15 wagon roof; royal arms of Charles II with strapwork on south wall

  • St Marwenne: late c15 studded south door with original ironwork & sanctuary knocker

  • St Marwenne: now set in west wall, cusp headed window from anchorite cell for Cecelia Moyes, anchoress, recorded 1403-5

  • St Marwenne: c17 slate slab set below chancel step; William Lamerton, 1640

  • St Marwenne: c17 slate slab set below chancel step; William Gibins, 1689

  • St Marwenne: c17 slate slab set below chancel step; Jasper Robinson, vicar of Stratton, d.1626

  • St Marwenne: c17 slate slab set below chancel step; unidentified one with figure of lady next to a column

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Marwenne

Listing Date: 29 September 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1230750

English Heritage Legacy ID: 64868

ID on this website: 101230750

Location: St Marwenne's Church, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, EX23

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Marhamchurch

Built-Up Area: Marhamchurch

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Marhamchurch

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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