St Adwena, Advent
St Adwena, Advent
St Adwen’s at Advent, near Camelford on the edge of Bodmin Moor, is a Grade I parish church dedicated to St Adwen, with a thirteenth-century tower and north transept and a fifteenth-century south aisle, in the Diocese of Truro.
- Location
- Advent, Cornwall
- Country
- England
- County
- Cornwall
- City / town
- Advent
- Address
- Advent, Cornwall, PL32 9QW
- Postcode
- PL32 9QW
- Built
- C13 north transept and west tower; C15 south aisle; restored 1847–48, c.1870s and 1975
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Adwena
- Diocese
- Truro
- Parish
- Advent
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Gothic
- Materials
- Local stone rubble; south porch and south aisle of granite ashlar; slate roof; granite tower
- Grid reference
- SX 104 816
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England records a parish church dedicated to St Adwen, with a Norman font, a thirteenth-century north transept and west tower, a fifteenth-century south aisle, and restorations of 1847–48, the 1870s and 1975. Materials are local stone rubble, granite ashlar to the south porch and aisle, a slate roof, and a three-stage tower of roughly squared granite with eight crocketed pinnacles. The west door is blocked; three thirteenth-century lancets were reset in the rebuilt north transept. The south-aisle wagon roof was restored rather than replaced. Listed Grade I on 17 December 1962 (NHLE 1328128). The church stands in a field near Tresinney and is part of the Camel-Allen Benefice. Wikipedia notes it as the only church in Cornwall with eight pinnacles to its tower.