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I revisited Advent Church on the same July day that I looked at St. Anne's church in Whitstone. There is little doubt that Whitstone is far and away the more interesting but, on this occasion, I did find a little more interest in Advent than before. In the porch I noted a tablet commemorating Bishop Bill Ind's presence at the completion of restoration in 2005. The aisle ceiling is boarded with carved bosses. The nave ceiling is a wagon roof, again with carved bosses. The pulpit is simple, dark oak on a stone base; by it two panels look as if they may once formed a door of sorts. There is some acceptable Victorian stained glass. A small carved granite slab comemorates William MIchael; another remembers Edmund and Anne Dinham. There are some attractive kneelers, including one of a bird of paradise. The plain circular font is Norman.
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The town of Looe has no Anglican church of its own. Instead there are two a little way north of the town, St. Martin about a quarter miles north, Morval a mile or so further. St. Martin church is dedicated to St. Keyne and St. Martin. The south gate is simple but attractive. The doorway from the porch is late Norman zig-zag. The church is probably 13th century and the tower 14th and 15th. Inside, the unusual font is decorated with a tree of life. Altar rails are probably early 17th century as is the parclose screen. Monuments include a tomb chest of 1590 and a wall tablet of 1667 to Walter Langdon and his wife. There are some carved bench ends, probably Victorian; original bench ends seem to have been used in making one screen, another elaborate carved screen is presumably Victorian. There is some William Morris glass. In the graveyard is a Cornish Cross of dubious authenticity. Morval church is dedicated to St. Wenna. Seen from the road it is low but most attractive, standing, as does the house, in a small landscape park and with rhododendrons in the churchyard. Inside is an octagonal 13th century font, a seventeenth century alms box and a 1637 monument to Walter Coode.
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