St Gwinear
Gwinear, Cornwall
St Gwinear’s battlemented granite tower with its square stair turret can be accurately dated to 1441, when a bequest was made to build it.
The frontage of the church is fine cut granite, austere but practical and belies the intimate, warmth of the interior.
Stained glass commemorates the dead from the first war in a central window depicting St George and the Dragon. This was bought for £90 in 1923. Circular windows given to remember the dead of the second world war. Pictorial windows of Jesus and Dorcus were given and installed in 1951 by an American emigree family.
IN 1923 electricity was installed, the chapel reseated, decorated and heating installed at a cost of £850! The gallery pillars are wood painted to resemble marble and the central ceiling rose is a very fine example of plasterwork and was last painted in the 1923 scheme.