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Church of St Petroc

A Grade I Listed Building in Bodmin, Cornwall

  • Church of St Petroc, Bodmin

  • Church of St Petroc, Bodmin

  • St Petroc: large town church largely rebuilt 1469-1472; two-storeyed south porch with niches

  • St Petroc: exterior characterised by battlements, stair turrets & large Perpendicular windows, much of which is Victorian restoration

  • St Petroc: unbuttressed tower at north side at junction of nave & chancel; Norman lower stages, Perpendicular above

  • St Petroc: c15 Perpendicular nave; standard Cornish piers with plain capitals; chancel similar but lower

  • St Petroc: monument to Prior Thomas Vyvian, d.1533; brought from the now demolished priory church

  • St Petroc: Prior Thomas Vyvian, d.1533; pontifical robes, mitre & face shielded by two angels

  • St Petroc: notice of restoration of the Prior Vyvian memorial in 1819 & 1885

  • St Petroc: slate memorial to Richard Durant, d.1632 & wives Jowdy, d.1599, & Katherine, d.1608

  • St Petroc: Jowdy, d.1589; first wife from the slate to Richard Durant; six children

  • St Petroc: Katherine, d.1608; second wife from the slate to Richard Durant; fourteen children (sons shown)

  • St Petroc: slate memorial & Peter Bolt, d.1633

  • St Petroc: slate memorial & Peter Bolt, d.1633

  • St Petroc: slate memorial to Bernard Flamank of Boscarne, d.1658; shields on the border

  • St Petroc: inscription from the slate to Bernard Flamank of Boscarne, d.1658

  • St Petroc: one of the shields from the slate to Bernard Flamank of Boscarne, d.1658

  • Church of St Petroc, Bodmin, Cornwall

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Entry Name: Church of St Petroc

Listing Date: 24 March 1949

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1355166

English Heritage Legacy ID: 368037

ID on this website: 101355166

Location: St Petroc's Church, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Bodmin

Built-Up Area: Bodmin

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Bodmin

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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