St Torney, North Hill, Cornwall

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Location

(50°33′48″N, 4°26′33″W)

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Site Location

North Hill

National Grid Reference

SX 271 766

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Cornwall
now Cornwall

Diocese

medieval Exeter
now Truro

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Torney

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Richard Jewell

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Feature Sets

Furnishings

Description

The church is largely 15thc or early 16thc with the exception of the 14thc Decorated chancel. The only Romanesque feature is the font.

History

The relatively isolated settlement North Hill in Bodmin Moor is not recorded in Doomsday Book: the nearest settlement that is recorded is Trebartha, which has no surviving settlement or church. The church is also not recorded in the 1291 Taxatio, which suggests the parish was worth under 2 marks.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font is described in the most recent Pevsner revision by Peter Beacham as 'Norman, circular, undecorated'.

Bibliography

P. Beacham and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 3rd ed., 2014, 385-386.

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England Cornwall, Harmondsworth 1951, 127.