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St John

St John

St. John

Cornwall

C12 tower, early C14 work to nave

Architectural Features

chancel, porch dated 1605, C19 restoration dated 1851 on east window surround of chancel.

Tower with blocked west door: nave and chancel appear to have been rebuilt c. early C14, plinth to north but not to south.

Porch probably rebuilt 1605, on site of earlier porch in front of C12 doorway.

nive has 2 C19 windows with 4-centred arches, of 3 lights, and to west end a C17 2-light window in granite with flat head and hood mould, hollow-chamfered surround and mullion.

C14 north window of 2 cusped lancets in granite, hollow-chamfered, with central mullion carried up to flat hood mould.

South side has C14 2-light granite window, of cusped lancets with quatrefoil over, all hollow-chamfered with 4-centred arch and hood mould.

Fittings: Sanctuary chair in chancel, dated MA 1635, with straight carved back and scrolled arms.

Plain C19 octagonal stone font in tower.

Late C19 wooden pews and pulpit, panelled C19 wooden reredos.

3 C19 brass candelabra in nave for oil lamps.

North window in nave has fragments of medieval glass reset in roundels and diamonds.

Windows in chancel, south nave and central north nave window have late C19 and early C20 stained glass.