Church of Saint Senara

The Church of Saint Senara is a parish church located in Zennor. Parts of the south wall may date back to the 12th or 13th century, with a 13th-century font, and a south transept and chancel from the 13th or 14th century. The north aisle and west tower were added in the 15th century, along with a later porch. The church was reroofed and partly rebuilt in the 19th century. It is constructed from granite moorstone with granite dressings, and features a granite ashlar tower and north aisle, complete with gable ends.

The layout includes a nave and chancel, a west tower, a north aisle, a south transept, and a south porch, with a squint between the south transept and chancel. The chancel is narrower than the nave.

The exterior showcases a three-stage embattled west tower with a four-centred arched doorway, a three-light window above it, and louvred traceried three-light windows in the upper stage. There is a lancet window in the south wall to the left of the porch, a 19th-century lancet in the chancel gable, a 15th-century two-light window to the right of the transept, and a reset three-light 15th-century window in the west gable end of the north aisle. Most other windows are 19th-century, predominantly in the Perpendicular style, though the south window of the south transept features intersecting tracery, likely a copy of a 13th-century original. The porch doorway has a steep rounded arch that may be from the 18th century. A sundial on the south wall of the tower is inscribed: Paul Quick fecit 1737.

Inside, there is a pointed tower arch, a 15th-century six-bay arcade with octagonal piers and basket arches between the nave and north aisle, and a similar two-bay arcade between the nave and south transept. The chancel roof is supported by granite corbels, and the walls were stripped of plaster in the 19th century. Notable fittings include a probable 13th-century font with an octagonal bowl on a round central shaft, featuring four corner shafts that cranked out where they meet the bowl. There are also two 15th-century bench ends repurposed into a small seat, one end depicting a carved saint and the other the famous mermaid of Zennor, with the remainder of the fittings dating from the 19th or 20th century. Monuments include a granite coffin lid in the tower inscribed: IQ 1784.