Tower at South West of Church of Saint Winwaloe is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Bell tower.
Tower at South West of Church of Saint Winwaloe
- WRENN ID
- narrow-rafter-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Bell tower
- Address
- Tower at South West of Church of Saint Winwaloe, Gunwalloe
- OS grid reference
- SW 660 205
- Coordinates
- 50.03884, -5.26919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower at the south west of the Church of Saint Winwaloe is a detached church bell tower, reputed to date from the 13th century, although the current structure has been largely rebuilt in the 19th century. It is constructed of shale rubble with granite dressings and features a pyramidal dry Delabole slate roof, which was re-roofed in 1938. The tower is square in plan and built into a cave in the basement. It consists of a single stage with a bell chamber above the basement. The east wall has a central round-headed doorway from the 19th century leading to the basement, along with a pair of louvred slits for the bell chamber above. There is also a further slit opening located in the middle of the north side. The interior has not been inspected, but it is known to contain three medieval bells that were recast in 1926.
Local climate
Tower at South West of Church of Saint Winwaloe receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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