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Church of St Mellanus

A Grade I Listed Building in St. Mellion, Cornwall

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  • St Mellanus: church dedicated 1259; mostly c14 Decorated & Perpendicular; renewed windows

  • St Mellanus: view from the east, mid c15 tower behind with thin corner buttresses

  • St Mellanus: c15 nave with granite piers & c15 wagon roof; restored 1862 by J.P.St Aubyn

  • St Mellanus: Peter Coryton, d.1551

  • St Mellanus: seventeen sons from the brass to Peter Coryton, d.1551; record number of children by one mother surviving in brass

  • St Mellanus: seven daughters from the brass to Peter Coryton, d.1551

  • St Mellanus: William Coryton, d.1651, & wife Elizabeth (Chichester of Ralegh), d.1656

  • St Mellanus: William Coryton, d.1651

  • St Mellanus: William Coryton, 3rd Baronet, d.1711

  • St Mellanus: Susanna (Littleton of Pillaton), d.1695, wife of William Coryton, d.1711

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Entry Name: Church of St Mellanus

Listing Date: 26 November 1985

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1140815

English Heritage Legacy ID: 61428

ID on this website: 101140815

Location: St Melanus's Church, St Mellion, Cornwall, PL12

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: St. Mellion

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St Mellion

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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