St Nonna's Church, Altarnun

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St Nonna's Church, Altarnun
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St Nonna's Church, Altarnun
Location in Cornwall
50°36′17″N4°30′46″W / 50.604608°N 4.512809°W / 50.604608; -4.512809 Coordinates: 50°36′17″N4°30′46″W / 50.604608°N 4.512809°W / 50.604608; -4.512809
Denomination Church of England
Previous denomination Roman Catholic
Website St Nonna, Altarnon
History
Dedication Saint Nonna
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Truro
Archdeaconry Bodmin
Deanery Trigg Major
Parish Altarnun
Clergy
Vicar(s) Rev. Andrew Balfour
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameChurch of St Nonna
Designated22 November 1960
Reference no. 1142805

St Nonna's Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Moors, is the second largest church on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, located in the village of Altarnun (meaning: "altar of Nonn"). [1] The dedication is to Saint Non or Nonna, who was the mother of St David. [2] The church is mentioned in Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn ; it is the church in which the evil vicar of Altarnun Francis Davey depicts himself in a painting as a wolf while the members of his congregation have the heads of sheep.

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The church is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Trigg Major, the archdeaconry of Bodmin, and the diocese of Truro. Its benefice is united with those of Saint Sidwell and Saint Gulval, Laneast, and Saint Clederus, St Clether. [3] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. [4]

History

The oldest fabric dates back to the Norman era. Most of the church dates from the later part of the 15th century, at which time the north and south aisles were added. The church was restored in 1867 by E. Sedding. [4]

Architecture

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The church interior
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One of the bench-ends

It is a building largely of the 15th century in the Perpendicular style, with a tower 109 ft (33 m) high. It is notable for the fine Norman font and the amount of old woodwork, including the screen, bench-ends and communion rails which date to 1684.

The screen is one of the finest 15th century examples in Cornwall; it has three gates and the cornice of vines and tracery and vaulting are finely carved. [5] The 79 bench-end carvings were executed by Robert Daye between 1510 and 1530 (Pevsner attributes them to 1524 or later) and portray a range of subjects including a Cornish piper and fiddler (Daye's name is given on one but the date is illegible). [6] Also, one of the damaged pew ends was repaired to its former glory by the late local master joiner Douglas Edwards in the 1980s. [7] Langdon (1896) records seven stone crosses in the parish, of which one is in the churchyard.

The church has a peal of eight bells. [8]

External features

Associated with the church are five structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the northeast entrance to the churchyard, [9] the northwest entrance, [10] the gate, gatepiers, nearby wall and a mounting block at the southeast entrance, [11] and two items in the church yard; the Isbell tomb, [12] and a tombchest and headstone. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Orme, Nicholas (2000), The saints of Cornwall, Oxford University Press, pp. 205–, ISBN   978-0-19-820765-8 , retrieved 25 September 2011
  2. ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 54
  3. ↑ Altarnon: St Nonna, Altarnon, Church of England , retrieved 25 September 2011
  4. 1 2 Historic England, "Church of St Nonna, Altarnun (1142805)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 September 2011
  5. ↑ Mee, Arthur (1937) Cornwall. London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 19-20
  6. ↑ Mike Salter (April 1999). The Old Parish Churches of Cornwall. Folly Publications. p. 12. ISBN   1871731372.
  7. ↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books
  8. ↑ Dove, R. H. (1982) A Bellringer's Guide to the Church Bells of Britain; 6th ed. Aldershot: Viggers; p. 2
  9. ↑ Historic England, "North East Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Nonna, Altarnun (1138163)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2011
  10. ↑ Historic England, "North West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Nonna, Altarnun (1142806)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2011
  11. ↑ Historic England, "Gate, gatepiers, wall to right and mounting block at South East Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Nonna, Altarnun (1328058)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2011
  12. ↑ Historic England, "Isbell Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Nonna, Altarnun (1386520)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2011
  13. ↑ Historic England, "Tombchest of J Lawers and Headstone of J Stephens, 7 metres to north of north aisle of Church of St Nonna, Altarnun (1138153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 September 2011
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