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306 CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE. parish churches of Lcwannick and Linkinhorne, but we are to write of Saint Mary Magdalene, Dunheved. At his sole cost Trecarell erected the unique " House of God " which stands there. We adopt the date MCCCCCXI as the time when the building was commenced. This parochial chapel is about 26 feet east of the Tower, the intervening ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH. space being now occupied by the vestry room. » Externally the chapel (now parish church) measures from east to west 112 feet 6 inches, and from north to south 59 feet. (We use the cardinal points for convenience of description, but the building in fact stands longitudinally south-east and north-west.) The walls are cased in sculptured granite throughout, and are three feet thick. Our engravings