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St Torney

North Hill

Cornwall

Norman font, early C14 details in chancel, the remainder of the church largely late C15 or early C16.

Architectural Features

The chancel has early C14 origins (or possibly earlier).

The nave, north and south aisles, south porch and west tower are probably late C15 or early C16.

2-centred hollow chamfered arch and west door with carved spandrels.

3-light west window, the intersecting tracery probably late C18 but with an unusual band of carved roundels near the sill.

High quality well carved late C15 waggon roofs to nave and north and south aisles.

4-bay tall lofty north and south aisles with type A (Pevsner) moulded piers, moulded arches and carved and moulded capitals.

The pews were replaced in 1896 but the bench ends are well carved and detailed using a C16 pattern: C19 pulpit and lecturn.

Norman font with simple round bowl and shaft with granite base.

The chancel was restored in 1868 when much of the fine quality C14 work was discovered.

There are two C14 ogee niches on either side of the east window, a piscina and credence, a sedilia in the south wall, which, though much restored has pillars of polished serpentine and a tomb or Easter Sepulchre in the north wall with an elaborate C14 ogee arch.

Fine memorials including coloured slate ledger stone of Richard Spoure and elaborate aedicular monument to Henry Spoure Mausoleum of Rodd family under east end of north aisle.