Historic Churches in Cornwall

In the heart of historic Fowey stands this delightful Norman church, rebuilt in the 15th century following a French attack. Highlights include a richly carved 12th-century font and a 1601 pulpit made from a Spanish galleon's timbers.
Church Square, Fowey, Cornwall, England, PL23 1BU

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Heritage Highlight: Richly carved 12th-century font

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St Winwaloe's Church stands amid dunes overlooking a small cove. The church dates to the 13th century but is said to have been founded by St Winwaloe, a 5th-century Breton saint. Inside are two medieval fonts and a painted screen said to have come from a Portuguese treasure-ship wrecked here in 1527.
Church Cove, Gunwalloe, Cornwall, England, TR12 7RF

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Heritage Highlight: Norman font

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Outside Redruth is a pit formed by mining activity, used as a preaching place by John Wesley from 1762-1789. In 1806 the site was transformed into a conical amphitheatre with turf terraces for seating 1500 people. Beside the amphitheatre is a Methodist Chapel built in 1836.
Busveal, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall, England, TR16 5HH

Attraction Type: Church - Methodist Chapel
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Heritage Highlight: One of Methodism's iconic sites

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St Michael's is an elegant Georgian church on the site of a 12th-century building destroyed by lightning. It is modelled on St Alfege's Church in Greenwich, London, and boasts a huge 18th-century chandelier given by the Earl of Godolphin.
Church Lane, Helston, Cornwall, England, TR13 8GT

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval wayside cross in the churchyard

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St James' Church dates to the Norman period, though it was completely rebuilt in the 15th century. The highlight is a 12th-century font carved with heads at each corner. The chapel altar is the original medieval altar stone, discovered being used as a footbridge.
Jacobstow, Cornwall, England, EX23 0BR

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century font carved with faces

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A 12th-century parish church dedicated to St James the Great, much rebuilt in the 15th century. Kilkhampton was briefly in the hands of the Priory of St James in Bristol, which later gave the manor to Tewkesbury Abbey.
Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, EX23 9QR

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval carved bench ends

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In the picturesque hamlet of Landewednack, near The Lizard, is St Wynwallow's Church, founded in the 6th century. Most of the building we see today is 13th/15th century, including a granite font. One of the highlights is a reading desk made from a medieval carved screen, and there is also a 1550 bell on display.
Church Cove Road, Landewednack, Lizard, Cornwall, England, TR12 7PH

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Heritage Highlight: Some of the oldest bells in Cornwall

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Laneast church dates to the Norman period and boasts a Norman font, medieval wagon roof and carved bench ends, and a pre-Conquest cross in the churchyard. Look for the memorial to astronomer John Crouch Adams, credited with discovering Neptune.
Laneast, Cornwall, England, PL15 8PN

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Heritage Highlight: Pre-Conquest Celtic cross in the churchyard

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Beside the stately home of Lanhydrock House stands the 15th-century church of St Hydroc. Outside the church is a much earlier medieval cross, and inside are memorials to generations of the Carminow and Robartes families of Lanhydrock.
Lanhydrock House, Bodmin, Cornwall, England, PL30 4DE

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval cross in the churchyard

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St Brevita's church dates to the 15th century, though it probably stands on an ancient Celtic Christian site. Highlights include a Norman stone coffin. memorials to the Kendall family, and a 15th-century wagon roof carved with bosses depicting Green Men.
Lanlivery, Cornwall, England, PL30 5BT

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Heritage Highlight: Norman coffin in the churchyard

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