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Saint Sennen

Saint Sennen

Mayon

Cornwall

C13, extended in the C15, restored in 1867.

Architectural Features

Concrete tile roofs with gable ends.

Plan: Nave/chancel and north transept retain walls from the C13

west tower, south aisle and south porch were added in the C15.

Exterior: Complete C15 unbuttressed 3-stage embattled west tower with pinnacles over the corners.

South aisle has its original C15 windows.

Interior: C15 pointed tower arch carried on corbels

C15 5 bay arcade with roll- moulded piers with fillets between carrying 4-centred arches over moulded capitals

C15 4-centred arch between nave and north transept.

C15 mural at east end of chancel.

Fittings: Probably C13 moulded round font bowl over a probably C15 octagonal shaft and moulded octagonal base dated 1448

C13 statue of virgin and child at east end of south aisle

C15 bench end, probably from Church of Saint Levan qv

C17 copy of letter from Charles I in 1643

Monuments: Wall monument to James Trembath, died 1867 aged 64 (west wall of north transept).