Church Of Saint Sennen

The Church of Saint Sennen is a parish church located in Sennen. It dates back to the 13th century, with extensions made in the 15th century and restoration occurring in 1867. The church features a granite ashlar tower and a south aisle, while the rest of the structure is built with rubble granite dressings. The roofs are covered with concrete tiles and have gable ends.

The church's layout includes a nave and chancel, along with a north transept that retains walls from the 13th century. The west tower, south aisle, and south porch were added in the 15th century. During the 19th century, the church was re-roofed, and much of the window tracery was replaced.

On the exterior, the 15th-century west tower is unbuttressed and consists of three stages, featuring embattlements and pinnacles at the corners. There is a blocked original doorway with a four-centred arch, a two-light window above it, and traceried two-light louvered windows in the upper stage. The south aisle retains its original 15th-century windows, while the chancel's east window is a 19th-century example in the Perpendicular style.

Inside, the church has a pointed tower arch from the 15th century supported by corbels. The five-bay arcade features roll-moulded piers with fillets between them, supporting four-centred arches over moulded capitals. There is also a 15th-century four-centred arch between the nave and the north transept, and a mural from the same period at the east end of the chancel. Most other interior features, including wall plaster and roof structures, are from the 19th century.

Notable fittings include a possibly 13th-century moulded round font bowl on a likely 15th-century octagonal shaft and moulded base dated 1448, a 13th-century statue of the Virgin and Child at the east end of the south aisle, and a 15th-century bench end, likely from the Church of Saint Levan. There is also a 17th-century copy of a letter from Charles I dated 1643, a poor box from 1732 near the south doorway, and most other fittings are from the 19th or 20th centuries. The church also contains a wall monument to James Trembath, who died in 1867 at the age of 64, located on the west wall of the north transept.