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Parish Church of:
Newlyn, St Peter
Formed March 3, 1848.
The church of St. Peter, built in 1865-6 is a building of granite, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, transepts, south porch and a turret on the south side containing one bell; the north aisle was added in 1886, and is a memorial to the Rev. Field Richards: there are two memorial windows to the Misses Leah; the east window is also stained, and in the north aisle is a memorial window to the 1st Earl of Iddesleigh G.C.B. and in the south aisle a small memorial window to Mr. I.D. Richards, a late churchwarden; the very beautiful reredos includes a reproduction in terra-cotta of the “Last Supper,” after Leonardo da Vinci's famous picture: the pulpit is of granite, with dressings of serpentine: there are 500 sittings. On a rock near the church is an ancient granite cross found in a field close by and placed here by the late Mr. D. Le Grice. The register dates from the year 1866.
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