Church of St Stephen, Saltash | |
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St Stephens-by-Saltash | |
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50°24′13″N 4°13′44″W / 50.4035°N 4.2289°W | |
Location | Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 4AP |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Status | Active |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Years built | 15th century |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Truro |
Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Bodmin |
Deanery | East Wivelshire |
Parish | St. Stephen by Saltash |
Clergy | |
Priest in charge | The Revd Laura Bushell-Hawke |
NSM(s) | The Revd Pam Sellix, The Revd Jo Lobb The Revd Gordon Cryer The Revd Oliver Ryder, The Revd Diane Burrows. |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Rick Cowdery |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Church of St Stephen |
Designated | 17 January 1952 |
Reference no. | 1140379 |
The Church of St Stephen, also known as St Stephens-by-Saltash, is a Church of England parish church in Saltash, Cornwall. The church is a grade I listed building, and dates from the 15th century. [1]
There was originally a 13th-century church on the same site; it had been consecrated in 1259. [1] [2] The present church dates to the 15th century. [1] The church building itself consists of three aisles, five bays, and a three-stage tower. [1] The slate roof is dated to 1866. [1]
Inside the church, there is a square font dating to the Norman period of a similar style to others in Cornwall. Behind the high altar, is a seven-bay, Gothic style reredos. [1]
On 17 January 1952, the church was designated a grade I listed building. [1]
In the churchyard is a Gothic lantern cross. This cross was first recorded by Joseph Polsue in 1872; it stood for many years in the vicarage garden. In the 1970s it was resited in the churchyard. Andrew Langdon is of the opinion that it originally stood in the churchyard. [3]
The parish of St. Stephen by Saltash is part of the Saltash Area Ministry in the Archdeaconry of Bodmin of the Diocese of Truro. [2] [4] St Stephen's is part of the Benefice of Saltash alongside the Church of St Nicholas and St Faith, Saltash. [5] The patrons of the parish are the Dean and the Canons of Windsor. [2]