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Church of St Tallan

A Grade I Listed Building in Polperro, Cornwall

  • St Tallanus: view from the west; church in possession of Launceston Priory c.1200; west wall with lancet windows belongs to this period, otherwise c15-c16 Perpendicular

  • St Tallanus: three storey detached tower with battlements

  • St Tallanus: late c15 nave; granite south arcade, four-centred arches, capitals with leaf decoration

  • St Tallanus: carved bench ends in nave dating from c.1525 to c.1600

  • St Tallanus: bench end commemorating the marriage between John Bevill of Killigarth (d.1579) & Elizabeth Milliton of Pengersick

  • St Tallanus: bench end commemorating the marriage between Richard Grenville (of the Revenge), d.1550 & Mary St Leger of Annery

  • St Tallanus: bench end commemorating the marriage between Bernard Grenville, d.1636, & Elizabeth Bevill of Killigarth

  • St Tallanus: tomb chest with backplate to John Bevill of Killigarth, d.1579; front panel is shield & crest of Bevill quartering Bere impaling Milliton

  • St Tallanus: slate figure of John Bevill of Killigarth, d.1579

  • St Tallanus: detail from the slate to John Bevill of Killigarth, d. 1579; head on helm, marginal inscription

  • St Tallanus: large figure of a bull passant at end panel from the monument to John Bevill, 1579

  • St Tallanus: slate memorial to Jane Mellow, d.1628

  • St Tallanus: inscription from the slate to Jane Mellow, d.1628

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Entry Name: Church of St Tallan

Listing Date: 21 August 1964

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1140743

English Heritage Legacy ID: 61559

ID on this website: 101140743

Location: St Tallan's Church, Talland, Cornwall, PL13

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Polperro

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Talland

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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