Churches of the British Isles

Bridgend Mission Room sits on the northern side of Grenville Road (which connects to the A390), about sixty metres east of the Cott Road junction in Bridgend, Lostwithiel East. It was built about 1880 as a chapel of ease for St Winnow (see 'related links'). It was used for parish and benefice activities as St Saviour Mission Chapel and for a time was used by Lostwithiel's Methodists. Planning was granted in 2012 to convert the building to residential use.

Lostwithiel East Primitive Methodist Chapel is on the west side of Cott Road, about fifty metres north of Grenville Road. The first chapel here is listed in Pigots 1830 Trade Directory. The foundation stone for the present building was laid in 1857 and the chapel opened in 1859. A plaque on the side of the house provides a date of 1858. The Methodist union of 1832 saw it being closed in 1933 in favour of Lostwithiel's second chapel (see links). It is now a converted house.

The former Mill Hill Reading Room can be found by returning south to Greville Road from the Methodist chapel (above) and heading west and then north-west to find the Mill Hill junction. The old rooms are on the left (western side), the first building to be encountered here. Built some time after 1880, the small redbrick building still survives but it was sold on the market in 2018. It has since been converted into a two-bedroom private residence called 'The Old Reading Rooms'.

Lostwithiel East Quakers (The Platform), met at Lostwithiel station, directly west of Mill Hill. The Brunel Quays buildings alongside the station formed the original carriage works for the Cornwall Railway, thought to be designed by Brunel in 1859. Quakers seemingly met here from 2008. They were still meeting nearby in 2019, possibly in a private apartment. The meeting was a 'Worship Group', recognised by Cornwall Area Meeting. Its current status is not known.

St Martin's Old Chapel lay nearby Bosmaugan. This is farm settlement is reached from a staggered four-way junction immediately to the west of the A390 and the large farm complex at Fairy Cross. Heritage Gateway places the chapel between Bosmaugan and Polmaugan Farms. It is first recorded in 1234. A firm construction date is unclear, but it certainly existed by 1389. Its site is said to be in an orchard from which quantities of carved stone and tracery have been removed.

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