St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris

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.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipAnglo-Catholic
History
DedicationSt Michael and All Angels
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseTruro
ParishPenwerris, Cornwall
Clergy
Priest(s)Revd Mark Terence Mesley SSC

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

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