---
title: "St Winwaloe, Poundstock"
description: "Located in Poundstock, Cornwall. Built C13 transept; late C15/early C16 nave, aisle, chancel and tower; restored 1896. Diocese of Truro. Grade I. Perpendicular style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Cornwall","Poundstock","Grade I","Perpendicular","G H Fellowes Prynne","Wall Paintings"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-winwaloe-poundstock"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:32:48.068Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T15:59:26.995Z"
location: "Poundstock, Cornwall"
country: "England"
county: "Cornwall"
town: "Poundstock"
address: "Vicarage Lane, Poundstock, Cornwall, EX23 0AX"
postcode: "EX23 0AX"
built: "C13 transept; late C15/early C16 nave, aisle, chancel and tower; restored 1896"
architect: "G H Fellowes Prynne (restoration 1896)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Winwaloe"]
diocese: "Truro"
grade: "I"
style: "Perpendicular"
materials: "Freestone ashlar to west tower and west wall of north aisle; stone rubble with freestone and granite dressings elsewhere"
website: "http://www.weekstmarycircleofchurches.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Poundstock"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1231799"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Winwaloe, Poundstock

St Winwaloe’s is a Grade I parish church at Poundstock, Cornwall, in the Diocese of Truro and the Week St Mary Circle of Churches. It was formerly listed as the Church of St Neot.

## Overview

Historic England records a parish church whose south transept may be of the thirteenth century or earlier, with late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century nave, north aisle, chancel and west tower, restored in 1896 by G. H. Fellowes Prynne. The west tower and west wall of the north aisle are freestone ashlar; the north aisle, south side, transept, porch and chancel are stone rubble with freestone and granite dressings. The south transept is probably the remnant of an earlier cruciform church; the north aisle was added in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.

The dedication to St Winwaloe is recorded by 1333; it was later forgotten and the church claimed for St Neot until the dedication was restored in the 1970s. Wikipedia, following Pevsner, notes a Gothic font (probably thirteenth-century), a Jacobean pulpit, and three faded north-wall paintings: the Tree of Deadly Sins, the Warning to Sabbath-breakers and the Weighing of Souls. The Grade I Tudor Guildhouse stands at the edge of the churchyard.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1231799](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1231799)
- [British Listed Buildings: St Winwaloe Church, Poundstock](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101231799-st-winwaloe-church-poundstock)
- [Cornwall Historic Churches Trust: Poundstock](https://www.chct.info/histories/poundstock-st-winwaloe/)