Tower of Former Church of St Illogan is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Church tower.
Tower of Former Church of St Illogan
- WRENN ID
- sharp-shingle-rush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Church tower
- Address
- Tower of Former Church of St Illogan, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- SW 671 440
- Coordinates
- 50.25047, -5.26797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower of the former Church of St Illogan is a Grade II* listed structure dating from the 14th century. It is built from coursed squared granite and has a square plan. The tower consists of two tall stages, featuring diagonal buttresses on the west side of the first stage, with one offset, and small angle buttresses on the east side, topped with an embattled parapet.
The first stage includes a small two-centred arched west window with two cusped lights, although the lower half is blocked. This window has a quatrefoil in the head and a hoodmould. The second stage, which is set back above a weathered offset, features a square-headed louvred lancet and a square-headed belfry window with two arched trefoil lights, hollow spandrels, slate louvres, and a hoodmould. A hollow-moulded cornice leads to the slightly oversailing parapet, which is adorned with corner pinnacles finished with small crosses.
On the north and south sides, large added clock faces are positioned below the belfry windows. The south side also has a square-headed lancet at the top of the first stage. The east side contains a blocked depressed tower-arch, and above this, the outline of the gable of a former very small nave can be seen, along with openings in the second stage similar to those on the west side.
Local climate
Tower of Former Church of St Illogan receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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