Church Of St Werburgha

WARBSTOW SX 29 SW 3/249 Church of St Werburgha (previously listed as Church of St Werburgh) 22.11.60 GV II*

Church dedicated to St Werburgha. Probably Norman origins. C15 tower and north aisle. Restored in 1861. Stone rubble with moulded plinth. Roughly coursed and dressed stone to west tower and north aisle. Granite ashlar south porch. Slate roofs. Plan: Nave, chancel, west tower, 5-bay north aisle and north porch. The church has Norman origins, the-west tower and north aisle added in circa late C15 and the north porch in 1601 (datestone). Restored in 1861. Exterior: Unbuttressed west tower of 2 stages, with battlemented parapet and corner finials. No west door,the west window possibly reset or reduced with a multiple moulded arch and jambs. 2-light cusped belfry openings with slate louvers. Nave has 3 square headed 3-light Perpendicular windows. Chancel has circa C13 2-light window and reset possibly C12 lancet window. C19 chancel window. The north aisle has complete circa late C15 Perpendicular 3-light windows and the north porch was added in 1601 with a 4-centred outer arch and has incised spandrels and datestone above. The gable parapet has scrolled kneelers. Inner doorway has a 2-centred arch, probably Polyphant stone with cavetto moulding decorated with raised carved fleurons; the arch was probably reset from the nave when the north aisle was added. Incised cross in roundel to right of right hand jamb. Niche above entrance with base of carved pedestal. Interior: C19. Plastered walls and C19 roofs. Type A (Pevsner) granite piers to the 5-bay north arcade with moulded caps and bases and 4-centred granite moulded arches. Simple C19 furnishings. Norman font; square bowl with stylised floral patterns on the four sides and carved heads on the corners. Octagonal stem and round base. Pevsner, N. and Radcliffe, E. The Buildings of England, Cornwall 2nd edition 1970. Sedding, E.H. Norman Architecture in Cornwall

Listing NGR: SX2053590344