Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Chapel.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
moated-sill-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1985
Type
Chapel
Address
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Menheniot
OS grid reference
SX 279 660
Coordinates
50.46887, -4.42546
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a chapel of ease built in 1905. It is constructed of rubblestone with cut stone dressings and features a slate roof with gable ends. The building is rectangular in shape, with a porch on the southwest and a vestry on the northwest. The south elevation has five lancet windows with cut stone dressings. To the left, there is a gabled porch with a chamfered two-centred arch that has decorative stops, and the gable end is adorned with barge boards. The east window consists of a triple lancet with a raised centre light. The north elevation includes three lancet windows and a tapered rubblestone chimney positioned between the first and second windows, with the vestry to the left beneath a lean-to roof. There is a shoulder arch and a plank door, along with two lancets in the west gable end. A timber belfry with a lower timber spire sits above the west end, featuring slate hung at the base and triple louvred openings on all sides, topped with a weather vane and weather cock.

Inside, the church has a simple design with exposed timber arched braces supporting the roof, resting on projecting moulded stone corbels. The chancel is sealed with timber boarding, and there are pitch pine benches. A 18th-century hexagonal pulpit stands on a moulded timber base, featuring fielded panels and a moulded cornice. The east window serves as a World War I memorial and includes coloured quarried glass. The church is included for its townscape value.

Local climate

Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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