Saint Breward Church

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Saint Breward Church

Image: © Mervyn R Body Taken: 30 Aug 2006

Saint Breward Parish Church is the highest built in Cornwall at 700 feet above sea level. The church was dedicated to St Brueredus in 1278 but it is not clear by whom. By the middle of the 19th century the church had fallen into a considerable state of decay. In 1863 the church was re-roofed, the walls rebuilt and replastered where necessary. The church comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and a north transept and a vestry. The south arcade has five obtuse granite arches, supported on pillars of the same material; the north arcade has five segmental arches supported on circular piers with cushion capitals. This arcade is purely Norman, and one half of it is constructed of Caen stone. The tower is of three stages, embattled with stump crocketed pinnacles.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.564386
Longitude
-4.68839