Churches of the British Isles

The former Gover Valley Bible Christian Chapel can be reached from St Mewan by passing through eastern Trewoon via Stoney Lane, and then turning left onto Gover Road. The chapel is now a bed and breakfast, the third of three buildings on the western side of this section of road in Gover Valley/Sparnon Moor. A Sparnon Moor Chapel is listed in the Bible Christian 1901 list, possibly the same building. It is now 'The Old Chapel House' following post-war closure.

Amongst many other locations, John Wesley preached in St Mewan parish, at The Green in Trewoon where the railway now crosses the A3058. The first nonconformist chapel for the area, Trewoon Bethel Chapel, was built here in 1821 - admittedly some time after Wesley's death in 1791. It was demolished when the road bridge over the railway was built in 1859. Its replacement was Trinity Chapel (below), which was dedicated in honour of Wesley.

Trewoon Trinity Methodist Church is on the western side of Westbridge Road, just beyond the railway bridge. It opened in 1871 to replace the lost (1859) Bethel Chapel down the road (above). The work was pioneered by John Gaved, while Mrs Hennah of Hembal Manor donated the plot. It was renovated and expanded in 2002. Trewoon Reading Room, three buildings to the south-east of the church, is now the village's social club ('TRR 1904' is on the frontage).

Trewoon Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses sits on the northern side of Carne Hill, around sixty metres north-west of the junction with the Westbridge Road. There seems to be little history available for this modern building. It is not marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1992 but planning documents suggest that planning was approved in 1988. Given the likelihood that it may have taken a year or two for it to be included on maps. It was probably built in 1990-1993.

Lanjeth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel can be found further along Westbridge Road from Trewoon, on the eastern side of a minor lane between Coombe Road and the Burngullow branch line to Imerys Minerals at St Dennis. The chapel was built in 1867, and was enlarged in 1887. There is a register of baptisms from 1830 (which implies an earlier build or building) to 1979, with inspection reports until 1998. In 2001 planning was granted for conversion into private residences.

All photos on this page by Jo Lewis. Additional information from Bed & Breakfast Stops in England, FHG Guides (p114, Gover Valley).