Church of St Winnow

St Winnow’s Church retains Norman fabric in the north walls of the nave, north transept, and chancel. It was partly rebuilt in the 13th century and enlarged in the 15th by the addition of a south aisle, porch, and tower. Sections of the north wall were rebuilt again in the late 19th century. The south aisle was constructed as a chantry for the Lords of Ethy, and the rood screen, dating from about 1520. The chancel was restored by J. D. Sedding between 1873 and 1874. Polyphant Stone windows were inserted in the chancel and nave, and the chancel was reroofed in oak and refitted with stalls and encaustic and glazed tiled flooring. The nave was reseated in pitch pine, and the rood screen was…

The church is built of rubble stone, with coursed stone used in the south aisle, porch, and tower base. The tower has a moulded granite plinth; the south aisle and porch have plain plinths, while the nave, chancel, and north transept have none. The roofs are of slate, with the nave and chancel under a continuous roof and a six-bay south aisle of equal length. The tower is of three stages, with stepped buttresses and an embattled parapet. Belfry openings on all four faces are two-light with cusped heads and louvres beneath two-centred arches. The west doorway has a granite two-centred arch, and above it is a 19th-century three-light Perpendicular window. The north transept retains early…