Benchmark - St Colanus - Colan, Cornwall - U.K. and Ireland Trigpoints on Waymarking.com

Cut benchmark on the north west corner od St Colanus' church tower, Colan.

"Colan Church also known as St Colan Church is a 13th-century church in Colan, mid-Cornwall, UK. Dedicated to St Colanus, it became a Grade I listed building in 1967. The vicars of St Columb Minor have served the church since the middle of the 20th century.

Walter Bronscombe, Bishop of Exeter, is credited with the building the present church in 1250. He later applied to it the instructions he had developed for Exeter Cathedral and for the sacristan of Glasney College in 1276. The present church was dedicated to St Collen, or St Colanus, a 7th-century Welsh saint, by John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter, July 14, 1336. According to another inference, the first church on the site was built by St Collen. There are two other churches dedicated to him, one at Llangollen in North Wales, the other at Langolen near Quimper in Brittany. St Collen was said to be the abbot of the church but left it to preach more widely elsewhere.

In 1876, the church was in a dilapidated state. The ribs of the roof sloped towards the tower, which was held together by iron bands. The interior was filled by high pews. The walls were damp-stained. After the reconstitution of the diocese of Exeter in 1876, the church was transferred to the Diocese of Truro with the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The main tower was rebuilt in 1879. By 1887, the church had been completely restored thanks to the efforts of the vicar and Paget Hoblyn of Fir Hill Manor. In 1967, the Building and Churches Board incorporated the church as a Grade I Listed Building."

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