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St Martin

Lewannick

Cornwall

Norman origins extended in C15.

Architectural Features

Well carved arch to west door with hollow chamfer ornamented with carved fleurons and with carved hoodmould.

The north porch has a 4-centred roll moulded arch with a C15 waggon roof with late C19 bosses.

The south porch has a similar roof, both have bosses carved Charles Harward Archer 1890.

Circa C15 granite 5-bay north arcade with type A (Pevsner) piers, the central cavetto moulding accentuated, with 4-centred moulded arches.

Norman font with partly recarved octagonal bowl with unusually carved panels on later shaft and base.

C17 chest at west end of church.

Medieval stone with 7 cups, originally filled with tallow and used to light church by igniting inserted wick.