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Founded by J Pannell 1828
Dove Bell ID: 52125 Tower ID: 19032 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Chacewater: St Paul
Diocese of Truro
Church, 639095
http://www.eightsaints.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: SW 750 440
St Paul’s Chacewater stands some way from the village up a short steep hill in a large sloping churchyard with a handsome lychgate, which was probably designed by Edmund Sedding. A Commissioners’ church was built here in 1826-8 to the design of the local architect Charles Hutchens. This was badly damaged by a lightning strike in 1866, and in 1892 the whole of the church except the tall west tower (apparently the second tallest in Cornwall) was rebuilt to a new design, by Edmund Sedding of Plymouth. The church is in a free Perpendicular style. The walls are of squared local Elvan stone with windows of granite, the roofs covered with Delabole slate. The plan comprises a nave and chancel under a continuous pitched roof, with a short eastern sanctuary, north and south aisles with lean-to roofs extending the full length of the church with slightly projecting centre sections and a tall rectangular west tower with a crenellated parapet and a northeast stair turret. The aisles on both sides have threelight straight-headed windows, the clerestorey has lancets. The five-light east window in the sanctuary was formerly the east window at St Mary’s Truro, and was brought here in 1892, a few years after all but the south aisle of that church had been demolished to make way for Pearson’s new cathedral.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Live music and concerts Regular choir Wheelchair access ramp and accessible toilets available Visitor toilets available Assistance dogs welcome
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 441 m²
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is lofty with walls of unplastered rubble stone of varied colouring. The north and south nave arcades are both of five bays with octagonal piers of grey-green polyphant stone supporting wide pointed granite arches. The sanctuary has a chamfered pointed arch of banded stone. The tall tower arch is simpler and rougher. Nave and chancel are covered with a continuous timber barrel roof. The floors are laid with flagstones, covered with carpet in the central aisle and chancel. The interior was re-ordered in 1983 and a modern nave altar was set in front of the high altar; it may have been at this time (or possibly later) that a partition was erected to close off part of the west end of the church as a social space with WCs at the end of the south aisle and a kitchen in the tower space. 4 With a few exceptions, the furnishings of the church all date from the 1890s or later. The chief earlier furnishings are: Three large oak and mahogany grained commandment boards with cusped and pointed arched heads with the Decalogue, Lord’s Prayer and Creed, now re-sited under the tower; these are presumably from the 1820s church Several small marble memorial tablets dating from the first half of the nineteenth century and reset on the north and south aisle walls The stained glass in the five-light east window is of the late 1840s and by William Warrington. Originally in the east window at St Mary’s Truro, it contains a central figure of Christ with an orb, flanked on one side by St Simon and St James-the-Less and on the other by St John and St Philip, all under canopies. The window was illustrated in Warrington’s influential publication The History of Stained Glass (1848). Furnishings of the 1890s and later include: The octagonal pulpit, of polished polychrome serpentine marble with an open arcade of turned shafts The painted freestone font, in Perpendicular style with a timber cover The oak choir stalls, perhaps by Harry Hems of Exeter Plain pine benches in the nave and aisle with tracery carving to the ends Traceried timber screens at the east end of both aisles Brass eagle lectern Elaborate modern needlework on seat cushions and kneelers, presumably worked by parishioners.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: SW 750 440
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 02/11/1994
The churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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