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THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 117 aisle of 2 bays, nave with S. aisle of 5 bays, N. transept, S. porch, and W. tower. Fabric not of much interest; it was mostly rebuilt in 1848-9. Square arcaded bowl of font is Norm. Church was extended and made cruciform in 13th cent., and reconsecrated in 1262. S. aisle of chancel and nave with arcade of 7 arches, supported on monolith granite piers, is 15th cent., and so too is two-staged tower and octagonal spire. Spire repaired in 1636, and again in 1890. (Registers, 1538.) St. Gluvias, the parish church of Penryn, con- sists of chancel, nave, N. aisle, double S. aisle, S. porch, and W. tower; it was re-dedicated to St. Gluvias in 1321. Entirely rebuilt, except 15th cent, tower, after debased Classical style in 18th cent., but was again reconstructed, mainly on Perp. lines, in 1883. A brass, with effigies, to Thomas Kyllgrewe, c. 1484, and Joan and Elizabeth his wives; also various 17th cent, mural tablets. (Registers, 1645.) St. Goran. — Chancel, nave, continuous S. aisle of 8 bays, N. transept, S. porch, and lofty W. tower. Here was a Norm, cruciform church ; re- sponds, with plain imposts of N. transept arch are of that period, and so too is circular font with unusual ornaments on bowl. S. arcade, of Pentewan stone, is c. 1400. Roofs renewed in 1870, and general restoration in 1875. A large number of old carved bench-ends, several of which have pairs of initials. (Registers, 1661.)