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Church of Saint Buryan

A Grade I Listed Building in St Buryan, Cornwall

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  • St Berian: collegiate church founded by King Athelstan; c14 tower but remainder entirely rebuilt 1473 in Perpendicular style; projecting rood loft staircase; three-light windows without tracery

  • St Berian: c14 tower (92 feet high), buttressed & pinnacled

  • St Berian: south porch; battlemented, buttressed & pinnacled

  • St Berian: nave & aisles with tall, slim piers, moulded capitals

  • St Berian: rood screen, restored by Sedding but much is original

  • St Berian: panels in rood screen wainscoting; foliage & zig-zag decoration

  • St Berian: more panels in rood screen wainscoting; foliage & zig-zag decoration

  • St Berian: detail of rood beam; figures of animals among foliage; arms of Godolphin of double-headed eagle & fleurs-de-lys

  • St Berian: c15 font with shield holding angels at the corners

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Entry Name: Church of Saint Buryan

Listing Date: 15 December 1988

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1327526

English Heritage Legacy ID: 69682

ID on this website: 101327526

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

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: St. Buryan

Built-Up Area: St Buryan

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St Buryan

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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