The Churches of Britain and Ireland

Padstow, Cornwall

Padstow on Wikipedia.
 

Abbey House on North Quay Parade - an interesting old building. Another view. So was this part of the Abbey, or perhaps just built on the grounds, or with stonework from the dissolved Abbey? Or is the name just a red herring? Pevsner makes no mention of this building (at least, not in my 1996 edition), which is odd. The Grade II* listing is also unforthcoming, calling it a late C15 or earlier house. Interestingly, old large scale O.S. maps seem to be applying a label of Chapel (Remains of) to this building. SW 9194 7550. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015).

Paul advises that Prideaux Place is built on or near the site of St. Petrock's Monastery and St. Sampson's Chapel. SW 9138 7553. © Paul E. Barnett (2019).

St. John's Methodist Church on Church Lane was built as Wesleyan in 1835. SW 9173 7539. © Steve Bulman (2010).

St. Petroc. Two interior views - 1, 2, the Prideaux Monument, two of the many angels in the roof, and the superb font. SW 9160 7545. All © Steve Bulman (2010). Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2019). The Church Rooms stand close by, © Paul E. Barnett (2019). Link.

O.S. maps mark, a little way north of the town at SW 9214 7610, St. Saviour's Chapel (Site of). I haven't been able to discover anything about this chapel on-line. In this Streetview from 2022, its site lies somewhere behind the nearest vegetation.

The local Catholic congregation now share St. Petroc, but they used to have their own church - St. Saviour and St. Petroc. This source (where there is a photo) says it is/was on Place Hill, but I haven't been able to locate this.

 

 

 

 

 

A little way north of the village old maps show St. Saviour's Chapel (Site of) at SW 9214 7610. It stood somewhere behind the vegetation seen here in a Streetview from 2017.

 

 

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