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Parish Church of:
Illogan
The church of St. Illogan is a building of stone, with granite quoins, re-erected in 1848, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north and south porches and an ancient embattled tower, with pinnacles standing at some distance north-west of the church, and containing a clock and 6 bells, all re-cast in 1889 by Mears and Stainbank at the cost of Mrs Basset, of Tehidy, in memory of her late husband, G.L. Basset esq, to whom e memorial window was also erected by public subscription at Easter, 1889: all the monuments formerly in the old church have been carefully re-fixed in the present structure, and include, on the east wall of the north aisle, a brass with effigies, inscription and figures of 10 children, to James Basset esq. ob. February 8th, 1603, and Jane (Godolphin) his wife, besides many later memorials of that family, one of which, commemorating Francis, first and only Baron de Dunstanville and Basset, who died February 14th,
1835, has a bust of the deceased nobleman by Richard Westmacott R.A.; there are various other memorials of modern date: the church affords 711 sittings: in the churchyard is an ancient granite cross, 5 feet high. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1539; marriages, 1600; burials, 1540.
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