History in Structure

Church of St Winnow

A Grade I Listed Building in St. Winnow, Cornwall

  • St Winnow: curved shaped slate memorial to William Sawle, d.1651

  • St Winnow: approach to the church from the east overlooking the estuary of the River Fowey

  • St Winnow: late c15 Perpendicular church with some Norman remains

  • St Winnow: c15 three stage tower with set-back buttresses up to the second stage, embattled parapet

  • St Winnow: nave with wagon roof; early c16 rood screen restored by Violet Pinwill under Sedding in 1907

  • St Winnow: south aisle built as a chantry for the Courtenays of Ethy with granite arcade piers

  • St Winnow: glass in the east window with re-set late c15 Crucifixion figures

  • St Winnow: late c15 ensemble of glass in the south aisle east window assembled in 1867

  • St Winnow: glass in the south aisle east window, second & third rows; three donors & a bishop, St Winwaloe, St Sidwell, Mary Magdalene & St Leonard

  • St Winnow: donor with arms of Archdeacon from the south aisle east window

  • St Winnow: donor with arms of Archdeacon from the south aisle east window

  • St Winnow: c15 granite font with inscription

  • St Winnow: mid c17 pulpit on short c19 bulbous legs; the section of the rood screen is essentially original

  • St Winnow: bench ends c.1525-1535 in the south aisle

  • St Winnow: more c16 bench ends in the nave

  • St Winnow: c16 bench ends depicting a ship

  • St Winnow: c16 bench end depicting a kilted man drinking cider

  • St Winnow: letter to the inhabitants of Cornwall from Charles I, dated 1643

  • St Winnow: slate in the porch to Edmond Dyer, d.1722

  • St Winnow: general view of the river Fowey from the west front of the church looking downstream

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Entry Name: Church of St Winnow

Listing Date: 21 August 1964

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1311942

English Heritage Legacy ID: 60630

ID on this website: 101311942

Location: St Winnow's Church, St Winnow, Cornwall, PL22

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: St. Winnow

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St Winnow with St Nectan's Chapel

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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