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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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)