North Petherwin Church
The churchyard at North Petherwin dates back to Celtic times when the church would have been a wooden structure. The current church building dates from Norman times with some additions in the 14th and 15th century and a 19th Century restoration. The church also contains some mediaeval and Tudor woodwork. The base of the rood screen was carved by three Bretons in the 16th Century and it is thought that they might have been immigrant workers undercutting the local carvers as there are records of the carvers at Stratton working for 40 shillings per foot, whereas the Bretons here only charged 24. The magnificent mediaeval pulpit from North Petherwin church is now in Launceston's St Mary Magdalene church, and survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries during Tudor times by being concealed under thick black paint.
On walks
- North Petherwin to Winsdon (4.1 mile walk)