Description

TRURO

SW8245 KENWYN ROAD
880-1/3/96 (South West side)
Mission Church of St Mary and
adjoining lych gate and chest tomb

GV II

Mission church, adjoining lychgate and adjoining chest tomb.
c1850s. Local rubble stone with granite dressings; dry
Delabole slate roofs with coped gable ends. Rectangular
aisle-less plan with lychgate adjoining ritual west (NW) end,
south porch and probable vestry towards east end of south
wall. Early English style. South-west elevation has depressed
2-centred arch to lychgate on left then 2-light window,
gable-ended porch with pointed-arched doorway with planked
door, 2-light window, vestry projection and a single-light
window, all lancets (boarded up at time of survey). East end
has 3 stepped lancets and gable ventilator; west end has
bell-cote carried on wooden brackets. Kenwyn Road side of
vestry has original iron gates. INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: early C19 granite chest tomb with
chamfered plinth and moulded cornice to lid and worn
inscription adjoins vestry.

Listing NGR: SW8219445259

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497183

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record