St Winnow, Lostwithiel

St Winnow’s is a Grade I parish church beside the River Fowey in the civil parish of St Winnow, near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in the Diocese of Truro and the Lostwithiel benefice.

Overview

Historic England records Norman traces in the north walls of nave, north transept and chancel, a partial thirteenth-century rebuild, and a south aisle, porch and west tower of about the fifteenth century. Parts of the north walls were rebuilt in the late nineteenth century. The fabric is rubblestone, with coursed stone to the south aisle, porch and tower base, a moulded granite plinth to the tower, and a slate roof continuous over nave and chancel. The plan includes a six-bay south aisle of equal length, a three-stage embattled tower with set-back buttresses, a south porch and a north transept.

Inside, a six-bay granite arcade of Pevsner type A piers supports wagon roofs with moulded ribs and carved bosses. Bench ends of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries include a kilted Cornishman and a ship. An elaborately carved rood screen of about 1520, restored in 1907 by E. M. Sedding, crosses nave and aisle. The granite font of about the fifteenth century has a Latin inscription around the bowl; the oak pulpit is about 1620. The east window of the south aisle holds stained glass of about 1500, restored in 1867, for the Ethy chantry. A painted letter of King Charles I to the people of Cornwall hangs in the tower arch.

Further Information

• Historic England list entry 1311942
• St Winnow Church