Church of Saint Maugan

Heritage listing

Details SW 72 NW MAWGAN-IN-MENEAGE MAWGAN 1/148 Church of Saint Maugan 10.7.57 GV I Parish church. C13 font, C13 south wall, and parts of porch, and transept, remodelled C15-C16, C15 arcade, C15 north aisle and waggon roofs, C15 west tower with possibly late C14 doorway. Fairly restrained restoration by Sedding in 1894. Shale rubble walls with mostly granite dressings, granite ashlar west tower and Delabole slate roofs with coped gable ends and cavetto moulded wallplate cornices under the eaves. Plan: Probably cruciform in the C13-C14 with south porch. West tower north aisle and north transept added in the C15 and possibly the south transept widened; some alterations to the south wall in the C16 and in the C19 the restoration probably included straightening up the roof, wall plates and relaying or renewing gable copings. Embattled C15 west tower of 3 stages with crocketted pinnacle over each corner, moulded plinth, with trailing carving to moulding of pointed elvan doorway, circa late C14-early C15; 3-light C15 Perpendicular window over. Carved label stops and keystones to relieving arches circa C13 incorporated, including carved figure of Saint Maugan over window and the Ferrers arms on right impost. Strings dividing stages; second stage blind; upper stage with 3 light C15 Perpendicular windows. Relieving arches and hoodmoulds over tower openings. North aisle: tall 4-light C15 Perpendicular window to west gable, C15 5-light Perpendicular window with fine carved enrichment to cavetto moulded jambs and arch to east gable. North wall has 2 windows to left of north transept and 4 windows to right. The windows are C15 Perpendicular, each with 3 trefoil-headed lights under a 4-centred outer arch. Circular rood stair projection in angle left of transept. North transept has 13

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.