St Carantoc's Church, Crantock

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St Carantoc's Church, Crantock
Crantock Church
Cornwall
DeaneryPydar
ParishCrantock
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameChurch of St Carantoc
Designated24 October 1951
Reference no.1327391

St

archdeaconry of Cornwall and the deanery of Pydar. Its benefice is combined with that of St Cubert.[2]

History

A church existed on the site before the

Tintagel Parish Church commemorates Joan (d. 1430s?), mother of John Kelly who was vicar of Tintagel 1407-1427 and afterwards dean of Crantock.[7]

Following the

dissolution of the monasteries the college was closed.[8] It then consisted of a dean, nine prebendaries and four vicars choral (viz. the curates of Crantock and St Columb Minor, the mass chaplain and the college clerk. Over three centuries of neglect was to follow; the curates were paid only £8 p.a. while all the tithes were received by the patrons. However the Bullers when they were patrons allowed the curates to have the vicarial tithe. In the 18th century, the roofs and windows were restored. Crantock reached its nadir in the 19th century when the church was virtually a ruin. However Victorian restoration in the late 19th century and another restoration between 1902 and 1907 by Edmund H. Sedding (when he died in 1921 Sedding was buried in the churchyard) resulted in "the best adorned church in Cornwall" (Charles Henderson, writing in 1925).[1][5]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built in slatestone and granite rubble with granite dressings and slate roofs. There is evidence, around a door, of the use of sandrock in the church's construction. Use of this poor quality stone may have contributed to the collapse of an earlier tower at in the 14th century.[9] Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel and a south porch. The tower is in three stages, with each stage being set back and angle buttresses up to the second stage. The parapet is corbelled and embattled. The tower has a west doorway above which is a 19th-century Perpendicular style window. On the south side of the second stage is a clock face. The interior of the church has plastered walls and a slate floor. The arcades contain some Norman architecture. In the west wall of the north transept is a blocked 12th-century doorway.[1]

Interior

In the south aisle is a

John Taylor and Company.[10]

External features

In the churchyard are a number of objects which are listed at Grade II. These include a medieval stone coffin,[11] and four monuments.[12][13][14][15] Also in the churchyard are a granite cross dating from the 19th century which is set on a granite base probably dating from before the Norman Conquest,[16] and stocks dating from the 17th century which are set under a 20th-century gabled roof on granite piers.[17] The lychgate at the south entrance to the churchyard dates from the late 19th century.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1327391)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  2. ^ St Carantoc, Crantock, Church of England, retrieved 18 October 2009
  3. ^ Lives of the Cambro British Saints, p. 396, 1853, Rev. William Jenkins Rees
  4. ^ Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 4,25
  5. ^ a b Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 78-80
  6. ^ a b Crantock Church, Cornwall, Cornwall Calling, retrieved 19 January 2008
  7. ^ Dunkin, E. (1882) Monumental Brasses. London: Spottiswoode
  8. ^
    ISBN 0-7537-1442-6
  9. ^ "Building Stones of England: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | Historic England". Historic England. 31 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ^ Crantock S Carantoc, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 13 August 2008
  11. ^ Historic England, "Coffin in the churchyard about 7 metres south of south aisle of Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1137273)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  12. ^ Historic England, "George monument in the churchyard about 23 metres south of nave of Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1312396)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  13. ^ Historic England, "Johns monument in the churchyard about 30 metres southeast of chancel of Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1144153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  14. ^ Historic England, "Martyn monument in the churchyard about 25 metres southeast of chancel of Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1144154)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  15. ^ Historic England, "Unidentified monument in the churchyard about 5 metres south of nave of Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1144152)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  16. ^ Historic England, "Cross in the churchyard of Church of St Carantoc, Crantock (1327372)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  17. ^ Historic England, "Stocks in the churchyard about 3 metres north of north transept of St Carantoc, Crantock (1327392)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013
  18. ^ Historic England, "Lychgate at the south entrance to the churchyard of St Carantoc, Crantock (1137281)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 October 2013

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