Church Of St Julitta

The Church of St Julitta is a parish church with Norman origins, a west tower added circa the 14th century, and a 6-bay south aisle constructed in the 15th century and restored in 1864 and 1873 by J. P. St Aubyn. The north wall of the nave and chancel, and the north transept, are built of stone rubble, while the south aisle and porch are of granite ashlar, and the west tower is of snecked slate stone rubble. All are roofed with slate, and the nave and chancel are under a single roof.

The church likely began as a cruciform building. The unbuttressed west tower has three recessed stages, a battlemented parapet with crocketted finials, and a stair tower on the northeast side. A moulded plinth runs around the base. The west door is a 14th-century two-centred moulded arch with figure heads carved as labels to the hood mould. A 19th-century three-light Perpendicular window is above the door, and a two-light cusped opening sits above that, with three-light belfry openings fitted with slate louvres. The north wall of the nave has a blocked door and a two-light cusped window, alongside a three-light 19th-century Perpendicular window in the north transept. A circa 17th-century three-light window with some old glass and a lancet window are located to the east of the transept. A datestone reading “I.M 1585” suggests a date for alteration or repair work. The east chancel window has been heavily restored. The south aisle features four circa 15th-century three-light Perpendicular windows with remnants of old glass. The south porch has a four-centred arch with a roll mould, incised spandrels, and a sundial dated 1712. A circa 15th-century waggon roof is visible. A two-centred granite arch forms the south door, with a multiple roll mould and incised spandrels.

Inside, the church features circa 15th-century waggon roofs with crenellated wall plates, which are sealed with moulded and carved ribs and bosses. A six-bay arcade separates the nave from the south aisle, supported by type A Pevsner piers. The tower arch, partly rebuilt, doesn’t align with the nave roof. The north transept arch has been partly restored and rebuilt, indicating an early Norman date. The church contains 19th-century furnishings and a pulpit. A circa 15th-century octagonal font and several remnants of old glass with heraldic motifs, found in the north window of the chancel and in three windows of the south aisle, are present. Various memorials and slate headstones reset into the floor are also observed. Further historical artifacts include a medieval cross head, a Norman font bowl, and the remains of circa 15th-century stone windows at the east end of the south aisle.