St Germanus Church, Rame
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N 50° 19.273 W 004° 12.736
30U E 413701 N 5575048
An old Cornish church.
Waymark Code: WM44HJ
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/06/2008
Views: 6
Rame Church is dedicated to St. Germanus, the fighting German bishop who is supposed to have landed in the neighbourhead when he came to England to suppress the Pelagian heresy in about AD400.
It is all built of rough slate. The first stone building was consecrated in 1259. The slender, unbuttressed tower with its broached spire (an unusual feature in a Cornish church), the North wall, North aisle & the chancel are all probably of this date, when the church was cruciform in shape. The South transept went in a 15th Century extension with a South aisle & arcade added, & some new windows.
The South aisle wagon roof is original, & some pews survive from the 16th Century, with Devon-style tracery on the bends-ends. There were restorations in 1848 & 1886, when slates replaced the stone-shingled roof.
The church still has no electricity & is lit by candles.
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1259
Age of Church building determined by?: Church staff member
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Church of England.
Street address of Church:
Church Road
Rame, England
PL21
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed
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