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Church of St Sampson

A Grade I Listed Building in St. Sampson, Cornwall

  • Church of St Sampson, Golant

  • St Sampson: nave with white plastered walls & ceiled wagon roof with bosses; Royal coat of arms of James II

  • St Sampson: low, battlemented west tower, south aisle & porch; square headed windows

  • St Sampson: church set high above the village, formerly a chapel of Tywardreath Priory, rebuilt early c16

  • St Sampson: south aisle also with ceiled wagon roof; arcade to the nave with low piers & ring capitals

  • St Sampson: late c15 glass with figures of St Anthony & fragments making up St James or St Sampson

  • St Sampson: rib & wall plate carrying an inscription in south aisle; a mixture of original & those restored in 1842

  • St Sampson: ribs & bosses in the south aisle roof

  • St Sampson: monument to Thomas Graham, d.1835, & wife Harriot, d.1833; marble sarcophagus on slate background

  • St Sampson: small late c15 Holy Well

  • St Sampson: view of the River Fowey from Church Hill

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Entry Name: Church of St Sampson

Listing Date: 10 February 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1158982

English Heritage Legacy ID: 70994

ID on this website: 101158982

Location: St Sampson's Church, Golant, Cornwall, PL23

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: St. Sampson

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St Sampson (or Golant)

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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