St Paul
The church of St Paul was built as a chapel of ease to St Clements in 1868 by John Dando Sedding (Beacham & Pevsner, 2014). Edmund H. Sedding was responsible for the completion of the tower in 1909-10. By 1952 structural cracking in the tower was noted. More recently it was discovered that the east gable is moving and the polyphant stone is crumbling; dry rot has been found in the organ chamber. The church was closed in 2007 and, initially, it was planned to demolish the building but objections from Cornish Buildings Group and others led to it being offered for sale. The Cornish Buildings Group strongly objects to the demolition of this ‘highly accomplished’, richly ornamented grade 2 listed church by John Dando Sedding. They believe that a new use should be sought for such a significant heritage asset within a conservation area (Cornish Buildings Group). It is believed that the screens below still exist.
Parclose Screens – Photograph (PWDRO 244/4 & 244/5); 1913 & 1914
One of the parclose screens is dedicated to the memory of Mary Anne Wilson (died 1912) and the other to Thomas Barrett (died 1914). The two parclose screens were dedicated seperately, one in 1913 and the other in 1914 (Warner, 2022).
Sources
Beacham, P. & Pevsner, N. (2014) The Buildings of England. Cornwall. Yale University Press, London.
PWDRO 244/4 Photograph Album. Various. Woodcarvings.
PWDRO 244/5 Photograph Album. Various. Woodcarvings.
Warner, M. (2022) A Time to Build: Signposts to the Building, Restoration, Enhancement, and Maintenance of Cornwall’s Anglican Churches and Mission Rooms. Scyfa, Cornwall.