Church Of St Stephen

ST STEPHEN'S ROAD 1. 5155 Church of St Stephen (formerly listed under St Stephen) SX 4158 5/2 17.1.52 GV 2. The C13 church on this site was probably replaced by the present building in the C15. It is built in local stone with 3 aisles, 5 bays and a tall 3 stage north-west tower with set back buttresses and crenellations. The tower has an angled stair turret to north. The belfry windows have pierced slate filling. The north and west windows appear early Perpendicular in style. Slate roof (dated 1866). Gabled vestry to north-east (contemporary with north aisle). Gabled south porch with handsome mouldings to archway. On the exterior is an elegant incised slate slab on south-west corner. Interior: porch has good waggon roof with bosses, 3 aisles have waggon roofs rood loft opening: south-west wall of middle chancel. Font is Norman square with carved sides and 5 supports, similar to others in Cornwall, see Bodmin, SS. Nicholas and Faith in Saltash itself. 2 elaborate c 1600 monuments in north-east corner, in slate (Hitchens family) and another early C17 relief monument in a flat niche. Numerous wall monuments. Very brightly painted c 1900 7 bay Gothic style reredos. Mediaeval coffin lid in north-west corner of nave. Until 1881 this was the Parish Church of Saltash although fully a mile from the centre.

Listing NGR: SX4165558278