Church of St Stythian

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STITHIANS Church of Saint Stedian

10.7.57

GV II* Parish church. Base of chancel probably C13, otherwise C15. Restored in the C18 and heavily restored in 1873. Granite ashlar lower and south aisle, otherwise granite rubble with granite dressings. Dry Delabole slate roofs with granite coped gable ends.

Plan: nave/chancel under one roof; C15 west tower; C15 north aisle; C19 north porch and C15 south aisle.

Exterior: complete C15, three-stage embattled and pinnacled west tower except for C19 tracery inserted to three-light window over four-centred arch west doorway. Strings dividing stages and buttresses set back from the corners. C19 clock faces to middle stage. Original three-light traceried louvred windows to upper stage. Apart from the tower, the church had all its windows replaced in the C19. In the north wall are vestiges of a C18 flat arch. There is an ancient carved stone fragment over the east window of the north aisle. In the south wall is a C15 three-centred priest's doorway and a C15 four-centred doorway.

Interior: C15 five bay standard A (Pevsner) north arcade - with two centred arches; C15 six bay south arcade with square piers with engaged shafts and squat four-centred arches. The walls have been stripped of plaster; the roofs are C19 scissor braced.

Listing NGR: SW7311037131