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All Saints

St Ewe

Cornwall

Enlarged C14 with tower of later C14, alterations

Architectural Features

additions of C15.

Slate roofs with crested ridge tiles and gable ends with raised coped verges and cross finials.

West tower added in C14, with the south aisle

south porch added circa early C15.

The north porch is probably of circa late C14.

There is a C14 west window, restored C19, with 2-centred arch, chamfered Y tracery, hood mould and relieving arch.

The south porch is gabled, with outer 4-centred arched doorway with two chamfered orders, with clustered shafts with carved capitals to sides.

Circa C17 unceilded wagon roof with plain ribs and wall-plates.

4-centred arch with carved spandrels set in the masonry above.

Interior: Tiled floor, with C19 polychrome tiles in the chancel.

The north transept has C15 wagon roof with carved ribs and bosses and wall-plates.

The south aisle has very fine C15 wagon roof, unceiled, with fine carved ribs and bosses and C19 wall-plates.

The east end has moulded ribs and high quality carved bosses.

One pier at the west end has a different style capital with chevron carving

Fittings: C12 stone font in south aisle, a square bowl with shafts surmounted by masks at the corners, central circular shaft on moulded base.

One C15 carved bench end in south aisle.

One large hatchment in the south aisle, oil on board with shield of arms, moulded frame with skulls, crossed bones and hourglasses around the frame, probably early C18

two smaller similar hatchments in the nave, with Latin mottoes.

Very fine C15 rood screen, complete, each section with two panels of blank tracery with 4-light tracery and an elaborate cornice above the coving, with carved birds and beasts etc. C19 pulpit in nave, incorporating C15 carved bench ends.

Granite slab in the nave with raised carved fleuree cross C17 stocks in south aisle.

Monuments in nave: marble monument with pedimental top on slate ground, to John Hope, 1813, by Bedford of 256 Oxford Street, London

marble monument on slate ground with draped urn and roundel for inscription, to William Williams, 1785, by Isbell of Stonehouse.

In south aisle: marble monument with bust, scrolled pediment and urn with flowers, to William Mohun, 1737

slate and stone monument with convex oval inscription tablet with bayleaf surround, Ionic columns, plinth with lion corbels and putto with wings, broken pediment with external flame and inclined shield of arms, Latin inscription to Richard Penkevill, 1687.

Stone monument, partly plastered, with plain Ionic pilasters, plinth with two oval coats of arms, broken pediment with two bronze-painted putti, slate inscription tablet with gold painted lettering, to Elizabeth Seymour, 1710.

Glass: The west window in the tower has good C19 stained glass with figures of St Philip and St Stephen.