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Church of Saint Levan

A Grade I Listed Building in St. Levan, Cornwall

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  • Church of St. Levan, St. Levan, Cornwall

  • St Levan: c15 two-stage unbuttressed west tower; embattled & pinnacle; Delabole slate roofs; Victorian windows in Perpendicular style

  • St Levan: nave with c15 south aisle of granite octagonal piers & double chamfered arches; c19 wagon roof; restored by Sedding 1872 & St Aubyn 1891

  • St Levan: narrow c13 window in north transept

  • St Levan: surviving panels of c15 rood screen; narrow uprights carved with shield & other motifs

  • St Levan: detail of screen; dragons standing on their tails

  • St Levan: detail of screen; more dragons

  • St Levan: bench end, c.1535, with two eagles facing each other

  • St Levan: Norman font with large bowl; lower border of cable, upper of saltire crosses, stars in circles at sides

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Entry Name: Church of Saint Levan

Listing Date: 15 December 1988

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1143872

English Heritage Legacy ID: 69758

ID on this website: 101143872

Location: St Levan's Church, St Levan, Cornwall, TR19

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: St. Levan

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St Levan

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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