Churches of the British Isles

Mevagissey Mortuary Chapel is also on Church Lane, around eighty metres north of the church (above) and on the north-eastern side of the lane. The chapel sits at the front of the cemetery which was formed in 1882 out of 0.81 hectares of land and at a cost of £400. The mortuary chapel was built to a design by Silvanus Trevail in two halves; one half was consecrated, the remainder being assigned for the use of Dissenters. It was converted into a workshop in 2005.

Trewinney Farmhouse is immediately north of Mevagissey, at the eastern end of a lane which leads from the Cliff Road and Vicarage Hill junction. Wesley visited Mevagissey in 1753. He was met by a hostile crowd, being pelted with rotten eggs and fish. Rescued by James and Mary Lelean he was taken to safety at their house a mile from the town: Trewinney Farmhouse. Mary was baptised by Wesley using a cup from the farmhouse, becoming Mevagissey's first Methodist.

Glentowan Road Methodist Chapel, Pentewan, is on the west side of the road of the same name, seventy metres north of the West End junction. Built in 1820 it may originally have been a Bible Christian Chapel (BCC) The Methodists were initially meeting elsewhere, but that lost location (possibly the first Pentewan Hill chapel) was in use as a pilchard cellar by 1810. When the new BCC was built in North Road this became the Methodist reading room. It is now the village hall.

Pentewan Bible Christian Chapel, on the western side of North Road, was the replacement for the Glentowan Road chapel (see above). It was built in 1889 and can be seen on the 1908 OS map for the area. An old Francis Frith photo exists of the chapel, with the Methodist chapel visible in the background on Pentewan Hill (see links). On 28 August 1942 two bombs fell on Pentewan, destroying the chapel. A photo of the aftermath can be seen in another old Francis Frith photo.

All Saints Church, Pentewan, is on the eastern side of The Terrace, towards its southern end. It was completed in 1821, built by Sir Christopher Hawkins as part of his long campaign to improve the village. The south wall is possibly Norman, while some Tudor and Jacobean windows from the ruins of Polrudden Manor were also utilised. The church was initially a failure - it closed soon after opening to be used as a net loft. In 1878 it was repaired and returned to its original use.

All photos on this page by Jo Lewis.