St Mawes Church

The name of the village of St Mawes comes from Saint Maudez, a Breton saint. There was a chapel here dedicated to him. We know it existed in the early 1400s, and it remained in use until the reign of Elizabeth I when it was abandoned. From that time until 1884, there was no chapel for the people of St Mawes.

The new church was opened by the Bishop of Truro Dr George Wilkinson. It was built in the simple Early English style and consists of a chancel, nave, porch, and bell turret. It was built of local stone with facings of St Stephen’s granite.

As I walked around, I was struck by the glorious sunshine streaming in through the simple stained glass windows - beautiful!

St Mawes is in the parish of St. Just in Roseland.Read more