All 4 Photographs Below Used With Kind Permission of 'A Snap In Time'
The church of St Breward, as it now stands, was
probably built by William Briwere or Bruere, Bishop of
Exeter (1224-45), who added the 13th century work to the then existing
Norman church; it is a building of stone, in the
Decorated and
Perpendicular styles, with some Norman portions, consisting of chancel
with north chapel, nave of four bays with north transept and aisle,
south aisle, extending the whole length of the nave and chancel, south
porch and an embattled western tower with crocketed pinnacles,
containing 6 bells, 5 of which were recast by F.Pennington, in a small
garden east of the church,
in 1758: the north arcade is Norman and has
short cylindrical columns with fluted caps, on square bases; the font,
also Norman, has a singular basin, diminishing from a square base to a
circular form at the top; over the south door are the Royal Coat of Arms
of William III, and the inscription "1700. W.R." ; there are some good
bench ends, carved with shields of arms and emblems of the "Passion" on
a low altar tomb in the south aisle are kneeling effigies in relief of a
man and his wife, and a mutilated inscription to Christopher Rogers,
gent. ob. May 15, 1604; in the chancel is a tablet erected in 1609 by
John Adams, to his father Lewis Adams, 36 years vicar here, ob. August
23, 1607; it has kneeling effigies in relief of the vicar and his wife;
in the south aisle is a large m
onument of slate with inscription and
arms to Willaim Billing, of Lanke, gent, ob. 1
654, and another to
Nicholas Burrough, gent. ob.1654; the church was thoroughly restored in
1864, under the direction of Mr J.P. St. Aubyn, architect, and has 200
sittings. The register dates from the year 1558.
. "Seize the moments as they fly,
Know to live and learn to die"
Photo used with kind permission from 'The Cornwall Guide'
http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/St-Breward