The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Clarus (medieval)
Parish church
St Cleer is a small village about two miles N of Liskeard named after St Clarus, his patron, who probably founded the church in the 8thc. The church lies to the S of the village and consists of a granite rubble with granite dressings structure of a chancel, an aisled nave, a S porch and a W tower. The original 12thc building was largely renovated between the end of the 13thc and the beginning of the 14thc. From the end of the 14thc the chancel and the nave were extensively altered, and during the 15thc the S aisle, the S porch and the tower were added to the structure. The church was restored at the end of the 19thc.
Romanesque sculpture is found on the N doorway and on the font located in the nave.