Church Of St Ann

The Church of St Ann in Gunnislake was built as a chapel of ease in 1880-81. It is constructed of granite rubble with granite and white brick dressings, and has a slate roof with crested ridge tiles, a brick eaves cornice, scalloped slate bargeboards and terracotta cross finials. The building combines a nave and chancel, a south aisle with a circular stair tower and south porch, and a north aisle containing a bell tower/porch. A basement lies beneath the nave, chancel, and aisle. The west gable end of the nave features two lancet windows, with a small 20th-century addition. The north and south sides have five lancet windows in the clerestory. The chancel has three lancets in the east end at basement level, and three taller lancets above; one upper lancet is on each side. A pointed arched north door provides access; the north aisle has four paired lancets at the upper level and three lancets to the basement, with paired upper and single lower lancets at the east end and paired lancets to the west. The two-stage bell tower/porch has an open ground floor with a pointed arched gateway and cast iron gates. It features a string course and two-light, louvred bell openings, topped with a pyramidal roof and finial. An inner door with strap hinges is set within a shouldered, hollow-chamfered surround. The south aisle mirrors the north in window design, and incorporates a gabled porch at the west end with a four-centred arched doorway including cast iron gates and a matching inner door. A circular stair tower is located at the east end of the south aisle, with a lancet window. Inside, a five-bay north and south arcade is defined by chamfered, four-centred arches. A brick string course is above the arcades, and brick dressings are present on the windows. The roof is a common rafter design with collars and king posts. Sedilia are found in the chancel. Fittings include contemporary 19th-century wooden benches and a pulpit, together with an octagonal stone font in the south aisle.