St Piran's Oratory
ST PIRAN'S ORATORY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1141559
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- St Piran's Oratory
- Statutory Address:
- ST PIRAN'S ORATORY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1141559
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- St Piran's Oratory
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST PIRAN'S ORATORY
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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ST PIRAN'S ORATORY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Perranzabuloe
- National Grid Reference:
- SW7685856398
Details
PERRANZABULOE PERRANPORTH
SW 75 NE
2/84 St Piran's Oratory
30.5.67
GV II
Early Christian church or oratory. Pre-Conquest, possibly C6 or C7. In the C20 the
surviving structure was surrounded by a concrete vault; this is now covered in sand
so that inspection is not possible. "-- this building from its structural
peculiarities has been considered by competant authorities to date from the 6th or
7th century, and may have been erected over the tomb of St Piran, a headless
skeleton, conjectured to be that of the saint, having been buried beneath the altar
when the oratory was cleared of sand in 1835; its external dimensions were found to
be, length 29 feet, breadth 16 1/2 feet, height of gables 19 feet; the masonry was of
the rudest kind, without any mortar; the entrance door is at the south side, with a
semi-circular arch ornamented with a cat's head carved on the key-stone and a human
head on each side at the spring of the arch ---".
Source: Extracted from description in Kelly's Directory.
Listing NGR: SW7685856398
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 63723
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Kelly's Directory in Kelly's Directory, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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