Church of St Moren Belfrey is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1985. Belfry.
Church of St Moren Belfrey
- WRENN ID
- pale-clay-starling
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1985
- Type
- Belfry
- Address
- Church of St Moren Belfrey, St. Michael Penkevil
- OS grid reference
- SW 878 417
- Coordinates
- 50.23762, -4.97662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Moren Belfry is a small bell tower that may date from the 16th or 17th century, although it could also be late Medieval. It is constructed of small slatestone rubble and features a scantle slate roof with gable ends, following a rectangular plan. The tower has two storeys. The south front includes a central nearly semi-circular doorway with slate voussoirs, and there is a small square window above it in the repaired walling. A similar-sized window on the first floor at the rear is an original 2-light oak mullion. Access to the first floor and the bellframe is provided by a stone and earth ramp from the churchyard leading to a narrow doorway in the west gable, which has an original oak frame. There is a small original oak window to the left of this doorway and another in the opposite east wall. The ground floor east and west walls have small corbelled arched openings towards the rear. Inside, the tower retains original floor beams and a surviving contemporary oak bellframe with curved braces, housing one bell that remains in situ. The tower formerly held three bells; one was stolen, and the third is located in Tresillian church.
Local climate
Church of St Moren Belfrey receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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