Church Of St Rumon is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1957. A Medieval Church.

Church Of St Rumon

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1957
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Rumon is a parish church originally consisting of two sections, dating back to around the 13th century. The nave was extended westward around the 14th century, and a north aisle and tower were added around the middle of the 15th century. The church was restored in 1854, and the chancel extended in 1879. It is constructed of rubble stone with a scantle slate roof, and the tower is heavily covered in ivy.

The church comprises a chancel, a four-bay nave, a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower. The chancel roof has a steeper pitch than the nave's roof. The east window, dating from 1879, is a three-light window with elongated trefoil heads. In the north aisle, the west window is a two-light pointed trefoil window with a quatrefoil. This window was originally the east window of the chancel and retains its central mullion facing inwards. A blocked door displays a two-light cusped trefoil window with a quatrefoil above, along with a trefoil-headed lancet window that was moved from the north wall of the nave when the aisle was added. The east window of the north aisle is a two-light window under a three-centred arch with a hood mould. The north wall of the chancel has two lancet windows with trefoil heads. The north wall of the nave contains a three-light Perpendicular window with trefoil heads and a two-light trefoil-headed window with a quatrefoil above, both renewed in the 19th century but retaining their original hood mould. The south porch has a steeply pitched gabled roof with mid-19th century wavy bargeboards. The square west tower has one stage, a battlemented parapet, and a pyramidal roof. It contains a 19th-century two-light window and four small single belfry lights. The chancel roof, likely from the mid-19th century, features butt purlin arch braced collar trusses. The nave and aisle have a simpler, shallow roof dating back to the mid-19th century. The arcade piers are of type A (according to Pevsner), partly recarved with moulded capitals. They lack bases, indicating a raised floor.

A Norman granite font, with chevron decoration on a squat round shaft and a square base, is present. A second font, from the 14th century and originally from Ruan Major, is located to the west of the porch. This font is made of granite and features an octagonal bowl on a square base. A circa 13th century piscina with a beak head ornament is also present. A lecturn, made in memory of Maria Mallock in 1893 by JJM, consists of polished serpentine on a square base with a round shaft and composite capitals. A painted board displaying the 10 Commandments is located in the tower, signed I.R.

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