St Winwaloe Church

South transept probably remains of a C13 or earlier cruciform church, north aisle added late C15/early C16, present Lady Chapel probably added a little later when the chancel bays of the arcade were built.

three-light C19 Perpendicular east window with hoodmould and carved label stops.

Small C19 panel below east window is carved with patee crosses.

South side, to left of porch, has square-headed C16 three-light window with cinquefoil-headed lights below hoodmould.

Arched, chamfered freestone priest's door on south wall of chancel has C19 hoodmould with carved label stops.

North aisle has five three-light square-headed C16 Perpendicular granite windows under hoodmoulds.

One large C17 or C18 buttress.

Chamfered arched granite north door has carved spandrels and square-headed hoodmould.

Moulded arched granite west doorway with carved spandrels under square-headed hoodmould.

Moulded arched C16 granite inner doorway has pyramid stops.

Massive C16 nailed door with strap hinges.

Angels carved on chancel wall plate.

Large rectangular C13 granite font has two orders of pointed blind arcading.

Late C16/early C17 drum pulpit is carved with panels of arabesques and flowers, moulded plinth and steps probably C19.

Lady Chapel screen 1917 carved by Miss Rashleigh Pinwill of Plymouth.

Choir stalls consist of two C16 carved benches and frontals, heavily repaired.

Two prayer desks with benches in chancel may be made up from C16 benches.

Lady Chapel has late C19 dado containing some C17 carved panels.

Cinquefoil-headed piscina with shelf for use as aumbrey probably late C14/early C15.

Easternmost window of north aisle contains fragment of C15 glass showing the symbol of St Luke.

Wall monument on north wall of Lady Chapel dated 1638 has moulded cornice and pediment flanked by obelisks.

Monument shows the arms of the Penfound family (q.v. Penfound Manor).

South transept east window contains fragment of C15 glass showing canopy work.

Two large C15 wall paintings on north wall of nave uncovered during Prynne's restoration illustrate the Tree of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Warning to Sabbath-breakers.

Figures largely obscured.

Late C15/early C16 paintings of saints on board fixed to north wall of nave were formerly part of the medieval roodscreen.

Good early C16 chest from Parnham House, Beaminster in nave.

Chest has carved panels of profile heads in medallions.

Late C16/early C17 communion table in nave.

Several fine slate memorials fixed to nave walls.

Memorial to William and John Trebarfoote (q.v. Trebarfoote) fixed to west wall buried 1628 and 1630.

Two round-headed arches on fluted columns carved in relief with angels' heads in spandrels.

Inserted brass plate with verse and date of 1629, below plate a kneeling figure carved in relief before a prayer stool.

Fixed to north wall of nave a freestone slab incised with a foliated cross, probably C13.

Slate memorial to Elizabeth Pearse, buried 1720, fixed to north wall of nave with inscription round border, and verse with incised angels heads.

Slate memorial to John Harry, died 1669 fixed to north wall with long verse.

Fixed to the south wall a slate memorial to Charles Manaton, carver and freeman of the City of London, buried 1732.

Inscription largely illegible, but recorded by Alice Bizley, The Slate Figures of Cornwall includes the lines "The carving it hath been an art of old/And curiously was overlaid with gold

Simon Morton, Vicar of Poundstock was a leading figure in the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549 and was hanged in Stratton for treason.

Alice C Bizley, The Slate Figures of Cornwall