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The Holy Name

Boyton

Cornwall

Circa C14 origins restored in 1876-7 probably by J.P. St Aubyn.

Architectural Features

Plan: Early Norman font and piscina possibly early C13 (Sedding).

Lower part of tower circa early C14

5-bay south aisle circa C15.

Tower partly rebuilt 1692-4 (datestone) and church restored in 1876-7.

Carved slate stone on tower records that William Symmons of Bradridge gave £100 towards the building of the tower.

3-light C15 Perpendicular tracery to nave, chancel and south aisle with C19 Perpendicular tracery towards west end of north wall and at west end of south aisle.

Circa C16 arch to south porch with C18 sundial above and moulded 2-centred arch to south door.

Circa C15 waggon roofs with moulded ribs and carved bosses

east end of south aisle nave, elaborate with carved ribs.

5-bay C15 south aisle arcade with type A (Pevsner) piers and segmental granite arches.

Circa late C15 or early C16 remains of chancel screen.

Early Norman font (illustrated by Sedding) and crude possibly C13 piscina.

Carved soffits of lintels above south aisle windows probably original and insitu.

Memorials including those to Richard Jenn of Westcott, 1795 and W. Symmons of Bradridge 1692.

Sedding, E.H. Norman Architecture in Cornwall, 1909.