St. Minver, St. Menefreda's

Minver, St. Menefreda's

Although I have driven through St. Minver many a time on the way to Rock I visited St.Menefreda's church in the little village of St. Minver near Rock for the first time in June 2016. The first thing that strikes you as you approach the village is the spire of the church. That is unusual enough for Cornwall but the nature of the spire is even more unusual, described by Pevsner as "octagonal with plain broaches at the corners and tall narrow gabled dormers in the sides between". The appoach to the lych gate is along an attractive terrace of cottages (photo right). On a bank beyond the porch is a very simple Cornish Cross. The church consists of nave and two aisles, the north one quite narrow. The rood screen, oddly, is set into the tower arch. The floor is of coloured tiles. There are fine mid 16th century carved bench ends, 16th century communions rails, and an octagonal 15th century font with tracery panels. There is some rich stained glass and a nice 1517 brass to Roger Opy. A board dated 1783 has painted figures of bellringers and a rhyme about them. There are some attractive cottages in the village, particularly on the road to Rock and the one down to the Old Vicarage. The Fourways Inn is a pleasant pub with an ambitious menu of mainly local produce but doesn't appear to do lunchtime bar food.

More St. Menefreda's in St. Minver

Pretty cottages on the approach to the Lych Gate

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