Church of Saint Morvah is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1954. Church.
Church of Saint Morvah
- WRENN ID
- twisted-tin-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1954
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- SW 402 354
- Coordinates
- 50.16199, -5.63873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Morvah is a parish church that was rebuilt in 1828, incorporating masonry from the 15th century and earlier church on the same site. It is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings and has an asbestos slate roof with gable ends. The church has a rectangular aisle-less plan with a tower at the middle of the west end and a south porch.
The exterior features a two-stage embattled west tower, a steep-arched west doorway with a four-centred arched head that has inverted arch stones, and a cusped two-light traceried window above the doorway. There are Y-traceried two-light windows with slate louvred lights in the upper stage. The porch has a reused four-centred arched doorway, and there is a pointed doorway on the north side. The remaining windows are in a 19th-century traceried Gothic style.
Inside, the church has a simple design with an original boarded ribbed barrel ceiling, a granite floor, and plastered walls. The furnishings include an octagonal granite front, a polygonal pulpit with a blind cusped arcade, and oak pews. A commemorative plaque on the west wall notes the rebuilding of 1828 and is inscribed to Rev. William Tremenheere, Vicar of Madron, Rev. C V Le Grice, and church wardens Jn E. Sandry and WD Lawrey.
Local climate
Church of Saint Morvah sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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