St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
	St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
History
Dedication	St Michael and All Angels
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Truro
Parish	Penwerris, Cornwall
Clergy
Priest(s)	Revd Mark Terence Mesley SSC

Last updated September 08, 2023

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.

The church was originally dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but this was later changed to St Michael & All Angels.^{[ when? ]} 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]

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.^[3]

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References

↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) The Buildings of England: Cornwall; 2nd ed. Penguin
↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 177
↑ "NPOR [K01431]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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[1] Pevsner, N. (1970) The Buildings of England: Cornwall; 2nd ed. Penguin

[2] Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 177

[3] "NPOR [K01431]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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