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Church of St Nonna

A Grade I Listed Building in Pelynt, Cornwall

  • The church with many names

  • St Nonna: c15 church except Trelawny transept rebuilt by St Aubyn in 1883; Perpendicular style windows throughout

  • St Nonna: c14 west tower, 62 ft. high, octagonal turrets, ogee headed light at second stage, three light belfry openings

  • St Nonna: c15 nave, ceiled wagon roof with original bosses; classical granite arcade of Tuscan order, c.1680

  • St Nonna: east wall of Trelawny transept showing Bishop Jonathan Trelawny's pastoral staff carried at his funeral in 1721

  • St Nonna: west wall of Trelawny transept with memorials & other exhibits

  • St Nonna: William Achym of Pelynt, 1589

  • St Nonna: Francis Buller, d.1616, & wife Thomasine

  • St Nonna: Francis Buller of Shillingham, d.1616, & wife Thomasine (Williams of Stowford), d.1627, kneeling before a prayer desk

  • St Nonna: heraldic shields relating to the Courtenay family from the monument to Francis Buller, 1616

  • St Nonna: Edward Trelawny of Bake, d.1630

  • St Nonna: slate memorial to Cordelia Trelawny, d.1634, aged 15; border pattern of vine & roses

  • St Nonna: inscription from the monument to Cordelia Trelawny, 1634

  • St Nonna: memorial to Elizabeth Vyvian of Trenowith, d.1640, as a baby

  • St Nonna: plate from the coffin of Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop of Winchester, d.1721

  • St Nonna: replica of the Trelawny Tapestry, 1603; the original now held at the archive library in Truro

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Entry Name: Church of St Nonna

Listing Date: 21 August 1964

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1161660

English Heritage Legacy ID: 61634

ID on this website: 101161660

Location: St Nonna's Church, Pelynt, Cornwall, PL13

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Pelynt

Built-Up Area: Pelynt

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Pelynt

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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