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St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris

Church

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris is a parish church of the Church of England located in Penwerris, near Falmouth, Cornwall. The church is Anglo-Catholic and under the care of the Bishop of Oswestry rather than the diocesan bishop.

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The church was originally dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but this was later changed to St Michael & All Angels.[when?] It is a plain rectangular building of stone erected in 1827 and opened on 9 January 1828. It consists of a nave only and a western gallery.[1] Penwerris only became a parish in 1848; until then it was part of the parish of Budock.[2] St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building; it was listed in 1973.[3][4] The east chancel window was installed in 1908 and depicts the virtues Fortitude and Purity, as well as a pelican pricking itself to feed its young.[5]

Organ

The church has a two-manual pipe organ by Hele & Co dating from 1889. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Pevsner, N. (1970) The Buildings of England: Cornwall; 2nd ed. Penguin
  2. [2]
    Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 177
  3. [3]
    "Church of St Michael, Falmouth, Cornwall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. [4]
    "CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, Falmouth - 1269974 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. [5]
    "The stained glass of Penwerris, St Michael and All Angels". www.cornishstainedglass.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. [6]
    "NPOR [K01431]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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