Pinnacle of Spire Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of St Keyne
PINNACLE OF SPIRE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST KEYNE, KENWYN CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201464
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Pinnacle of Spire Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of St Keyne
- Statutory Address:
- PINNACLE OF SPIRE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST KEYNE, KENWYN CHURCH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201464
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Pinnacle of Spire Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of St Keyne
- Statutory Address 1:
- PINNACLE OF SPIRE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST KEYNE, KENWYN CHURCH ROAD
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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:
- PINNACLE OF SPIRE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST KEYNE, KENWYN CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Truro
- National Grid Reference:
- SW8201745880
Details
TRURO
SW8245 KENWYN CHURCH ROAD 880-1/3/93 (East side) Pinnacle of spire approx. 30m NE of Church of St Keyne
GV II
Pinnacle of church spire from the former church of St Mary. 1769. By Thomas Edwards, re-sited c1880, following the demolition of tower of the Church of St Mary, which preceded the construction of the present Cathedral (qv). Granite ashlar. Octagonal plan. Steep upper stage of tower spire. The addition of the Gothic tower and spire to St Mary's Church, which partly survives as the St Mary's Aisle of the Cathedral (qv), was the last work of Thomas Edwards - a competent Cornish architect who was also responsible for The Mansion House and Prince's House in Prince's Street (qv). (Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840: London: 1978-: 285).
Listing NGR: SW8201745880
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 377404
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978), 285
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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