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Parish Church of:
Gunwalloe
The church of St. Winwallow, singularly placed on the western side of a small headland and said to be, like that of St. Anthony, a votive structure, is one of the oldest churches in Cornwall: it is a building in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a detached tower standing 14 feet from the west end of the church, with pyramidal roof, and containing 3 bells, each of which has an inscription in Old English characters: the tower is of two stages, and on three sides the walls are formed of the solid rock against which it stands: in 1869-71 a thorough restoration took place at a cost of £550, when the church was new roofed throughout, the chancel rebuilt and extended two feet, the stonework of the windows restored and the church re-seated: in the south aisle and porch the beams are old and very quaintly carved: the remaining fragments of the ancient rood screen have been placed in the panels of the north and south
doors; these fragments are painted and represent the four evangelists with there proper symbols: there are 240 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1717; marriages and burials from 1716.
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