About Us

Welcome to the parish church of Towednack in the Anglican Diocese of Truro in Cornwall.

Towednack is from Cornish To (= Thy) Winnoc, a diminutive of St Winwaloe, 6th century founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey near Brest in Brittany, and founder of a number of churches in Cornwall.  Winwaloe was described as having the spirit of prayer.

Towednack Church has been said to have a tangible feel of its centuries of prayer and worship so please do take a moment to pause and appreciate God's peace when you visit, because He is here.

The church dates from the 13th Century. The South aisle was added in 1460 and the granite tower added in the 15th Century. The tower itself is rather squat in stature and not very tall with the local legend being that the stone masons built the tower by day but the devil was so incensed to see the building reaching towards Heaven, he came by night and kept knocking it down and the stone masons gave up the build!  Over the porch is a small sundial dated 1720 with the octagonal font from the same time. The altar is one of the earliest to be found in Cornwall, made of Granite with the five crosses representing the wounds of Christ. Towednack is the only church in West Cornwall to have a chancel arch dating from the 13th century. There is a peal of eight bells, three of which are Medieval and can be heard on some Sundays when the bellringers are in attendance, or visit the church on a Monday evening, to hear them rehearse.

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