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St Gluvias

Bissom

Cornwall

C15 west tower, otherwise much rebuilt and remodelled in 1883 by Piers St Aubyn.

Architectural Features

dry Delabole slate roofs with crested ridge tiles.

Plan: C15 west tower with NW stair turret, north wall, east ends of north and south aisles

C15 pointed granite doorway with C19 planked door and strap hinges

C19 freestone 3-light traceried window over doorway and C15 two-light windows to upper stage of tower

North wall is 6 bays with buttresses dividing bays with C19 three-light traceried windows in C15 openings

C15 pointed arched moulded freestone doorway with square hoodmould with carved stops and quatrefoils to spandrels

C19 waggon roofs, the choir/chancel roof incorporating C15 carved ribs from former roof.

Other early fragments include C15 piscina in porch and pointed-arched aumbry to east end of south aisle.

FITTINGS: C19 fittings include: octagonal freestone font, with quatrefoils, on granite base

octagonal oak pulpit on moulded freestone base

pitch pine pews with shaped ends, one pew with carved oak end inscribed: "This church restored AD 1882-3, Michael Jenkin Lavin, Mayor"

brass lectern with eagle

1841 painted boards recording bequests and benefactions of Richard Ludgie 1722-1733 and 1735, John Verran 1758 and Thomas Lukey 1612.

MONUMENTS: many fine quality monuments including brass and slate to Thomas Killigrew 1484 with husband and wife, missing brass, probably sons, 6 daughters and shields.

Large plaster and slate monument in 4 parts flanking and within jambs of east window of south aisle

left-hand panel to Samuel Pendarves of Roscrow d. 1643, over extra panel to William, son of John and Bridget Pendarves

next panel to Grace, wife of Samuell Pendarves, d. 1662 over later panel to Walter, son of John and Bridget, d. 1663

next panel to William, also of Roscrow, d. 1670 and last panel to Ann, his wife, d. 1643.

South wall: plaster aedicule with broken pediment and marble shelf on bracket with lion's head flanking cherub to Samuel Ennys of Ennys (now Enys, St Gluvias CP) 1611-1697 and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Samuel Pendarves of Roscrow, 1618-1705

marble cartouche with skull at bottom to John Collier Clerk d. 1691 aged 3

and similar cartouche to William Worth d. 1689 aged 55.

MEMORIAL FITTINGS: large French mosaic reredos depicting saints as memorial to Archbishop Philpotts.

MEMORIAL WINDOWS: E window of N aisle to Lilian Mary Plaice and Frederick Dennis Bruce, Vicar 1915-1927