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Parish Church of:
Stithians
The church of St. Stythians is a building of granite in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, partly erected in the reign of Edward III, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 4 bells, cast in 1767 and 1790: the nave and north aisle are Decorated and the tower and south aisle Perpendicular: the chancel, restored in 1862, retains a piscine; the east window is a memorial to Lieut, John Wright R.N. d. 1848, and there are three other memorial windows; the rood stairs remain in the north wall, and over the entrance thereto is a brass plate, inscribed in Old English text, with twelve admonitory English verses, arranged in complete and addressed both to pastors and people, without date: the monuments are modern: the church was thoroughly restored in 1873, at a cost of about £700, and again in 1886, at a cost of £150, and has 330 sittings. The register dates from the year 1623.
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