The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
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The Norman church probably consisted of nave, chancel and S transept; together with the nave S wall and chancel S and E walls probably on the original foundations. Two Romanesque carved stones survive: a quarter capital and a base from a doorway shaft.
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Nothing remains of the Romanesque church except the fine S doorway, one of the best in Cornwall.
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The church is of c.1500, possibly incorporating the nave and chancel of an earlier church. The chancel E wall is of random red sandstone rubble and may be part of the earlier fabric; the rest of the building is of coursed red sandstone rubble. The church has N and S aisles, a S porch, an outer S aisle added as an Edgcumbe family chapel, and a W tower. There is a 12thc font, which was brought from St Merryn.
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The church sits on the edge of the Fal estuary, known as Carrick Roads at this point. The lann, or churchyard, is east of Mylor Churchtown, and slopes steeply down to the north towards the water’s edge. The churchyard is lushly planted, and the church sits in a hollow at the foot of a steep path below the entrance.
The surviving Romanesque elements suggest that the original church was built around the beginning of the 12thc., which would make this church one of the earliest Norman buildings in the county. The plan of the church was probably cruciform, but only the N transept remains.
The nave and N transept of the church follow the plan of the original cruciform church, and the N entrance employs the original Romanesque doorway. The N transept also contains Romanesque stonework. A Romanesque doorway has been reconstructed in the W gable wall using original fragments, possibly during the Victorian restoration.
The church was restored in 1869-1870 following a lightening strike. A small cross set above the S porch entrance may be Romanesque.
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Originally a chapel of ease to its mother church of St Stephen, St Thomas's church lies midway between St Stephen's and Launceston. The church is built predominantly in the Perpendicular style. The Romanesque features of the church are a large font, a tympanum and a crude figure panel.
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Cury is a small hilltop church town a couple of miles inland from Mullion on the Lizard peninsula, consisting of a few houses and bungalows. The church stands on a raised oval enclosure, known as a lann, at the west end of the village, and is constructed of a mixture of granite and serpentine, the coloured stone of the Lizard that is rare elsewhere in Britain.
The original form of the church was probably cruciform, and the south wall retains elements from this building, including a Romanesque doorway. Most of the church is 15thc., including the north aisle with the original wagon roof. The low unbuttressed west tower, in two stages, is also 15thc. and is constructed of large ashlar granite blocks. It has parapets and pinnacles at the corners, and is typical of the Lizard style.
The church was heavily restored in the 19thc; a heavy hammerbeam was built over the nave, and a porch was added on the south side, partly obscuring the Romanesque doorway.
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St Mary's is an impressive church that dominates the town centre. The church guide states it was built in 1438, whilst Pevsner gives the date of consecration as 1458. The church originally comprised a nave and chancel with piched roof and battlements, S and N aisles, and a fine S porch. It also has an attached three-stage tower. The whole building was constructed from large, rough granite blocks. The current church remains as a fine example of 15thc architecture, and both the mid 19thc restoration and the slightly later N aisle expansion have preserved this character.
Callington is a busy small town, rather than a village; the presence of an imposing Romanesque font indicates that its importance was already established in the 12thc.
The church contains a granite Altarnun-type font.
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The only Romansque features of the church are the plain re-used Norman S doorway and the font.
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The church is of standard Cornish aisled type, a S arcade of polyphant and a slightly late N arcade of granite. Nothing remains from the Romanesque church except the font.
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A 14thc. tower survives from an earlier chapel, the building itself is the work of Sir Henry Trecarrell in 1511-24, entirely of granite, and externally highly ornate.The font base is the only Romanesque feature.