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St Nicholas

West Looe

Cornwall

C12 or C13, altered probably C16

Architectural Features

MATERIALS: rubble walls, dry slate roofs with some C17 crested clay ridge tiles over chancel

EXTERIOR: possibly C12 round-headed hollow-chamfered west doorway of volcanic stone and similar smaller unchamfered doorway to return wall of tower, both near the angle

C13 hollow chamfered lancet above west doorway.

C16 oak waggon roof to chancel and roof probably of same date over nave with 5 bays of oak trusses with morticed and cranked collars and curved truss feet carried on wallplates (similar to roof of Old Guildhall qv, East Looe).

some slate flooring by west doorway and C14 trefoil-headed freestone piscina to chancel.

FITTINGS: round freestone font in C12/C13 style with cable and dog-tooth carving to rim and carved foliage to base of bowl

C17 carved oak chair

C20 pulpit to John Gustave Webb and 1933 pews with carved ends.