Cornish stained glass

Location

GPS coordinates: (50.33609, -4.760666)

Notes on the church

1. 1849 - architect Christopher Eales, Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London. Cost £1478 (Port, MH, Six Hundred New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818–1856, p 331. Reading, Spire Books Ltd., 2006).
2. Foundation stone laid 27^th November 1849, Royal Cornwall Gazette November 30, 1849 p 5.
3. Notice of consecration on 30^th May 1851 Royal Cornwall Gazette May 23, 1851 p 4.
4. Consecrated on 30^th May 1851 Royal Cornwall Gazette June 6, 1851 p 5, West of England Conservative and Plymouth and Devonport Advertiser June 11, 1851 p 2. The windows are plain lancet, three at the east, two over the west door, and at the end of each transept; with a circular window in the gable at each end, and a trefoil in the transept gables.
5. J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol I p 50. William Lake, Truro, 1867.
6. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1873 p 729.
7. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1883 p 844.
8. Re-opened 29^th March 1891 after internal cleaning and renovation, St Austell Star April 3, 1891 p 4.
9. Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1892 p 167 (29^th March 1891). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/6, D/E/4/3, TCM/1257/3). Re-opening of the Church after restoration and re-decoration of the interior.
10. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1893 p 1067.
11. J Hammond, A Cornish Parish: being an Account of St. Austell, Town, Church, District and People, p 293. 1897, London, Skeffington & Son states … the Church, which, alas, has never been wholly paid for … .