Description

CARN BREA

1535/0/10048 PENCOYS
04-OCT-05 St Andrew's Church

II
Anglican church. 1881. Granite rubble with freestone dressings. Slate roofs.
PLAN: Small 2-cell church, comprising nave, and chancel with bellcote over the 'west' end and with 'south' porch and vestry on the 'north' side of the chancel.
EXTERIOR: Nave has double lancets with hoodmoulds and buttresses between; 'east' and 'west' windows are triple lancets and the vestry has a 2-light plate-tracery window; gabled stone bellcote over 'west' end, 'south' porch with chamfered 2-centred arch and similar inner doorway and wrought-iron strap hinges to ledged door.
INTERIOR: Scissor-braced roof trusses with collar and king-posts above. Exposed stone walls. Benches, altar, Communion rail and stained glass 'east' and 'north' windows. Merritt's Organ at 'west' end of nave: a Victorian organ from Illogan church and played by Thomas Merritt, the Cornish composer.
A complete late Victorian Early English style 2-cell church.

Reasons for Listing

DCMS agree yes list

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26671718

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