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THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL

The church was well and conservatively restored by Mr. D. B. Peter in 1904. (Registers, 1653.)

St. Crowan (St. Crewena).—Chancel, nave, aisles, and W. tower. Far too drastically restored in 1872. Fabric of granite throughout of 15th and 16th cent. date, but S. aisle rebuilt in 1872, when old roofs and other good carved work were swept away. Three wide arches between N. aisle and nave are temp. Henry VIII., but 3 smaller ones between chancel and N. chancel aisle are debased Elizabethan. Good 15th cent. tower, of three stages, about 70 ft. high. Square Norm. font has dragons at base of circular shaft. In S.E. angle of chancel there is a piece of Norm. lozenge moulding. Rood-stairs and doorways are on N. side. In N. chancel aisle are 3 mediæval brasses to St. Aubyn family, though some engraved in Polwhele's History of Cornwall (1816) have disappeared. Capitals of piers of N. arcade have shield-bearing angels; the escutcheons charged with arms of St. Aubyn impaling Kymyel; the same are over exterior of priest's door. Geoffrey St. Aubyn, sheriff in 1398, married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Pier Kymyel, of Clowance. (Registers, 1692.)

St. Cubert (St. Cuthbert).—Chancel, nave of 4 bays, S. aisle, transepts, S. porch, and W. tower with broached spire. Struck by lightning in 1848, when much of spire and tower fell, damaging body of church. Spire rebuilt and repairs effected by Mr. G. E. Street in 1832, when many windows were