St Paul's Church, Kingsand

St Paul's was built as a chapel of ease to Maker's parish church of St Mary's and St Julian's in 1881–82. With the parish church over a mile away from the village, a temporary place of worship was established in a dwelling at Kingsand in 1876. It was replaced two years later by a mission room built by Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, the 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, however the building quickly proved too small to serve the needs of the community. In similarity to the chapel of ease of St Andrew's in neighbouring Cawsand, the plot of land and building stone for St Paul's was gifted by the Earl. The church was designed by Mr. George Perkins of Stonehouse and built by Mr. W. B. Carne of…

St Paul's is built of local stone and red tiles in the Early English Gothic style. Designed to accommodate 300 persons, it was made up of nave, pentagonal chancel and north porch. The church was built with lancet windows and a turret containing one bell. Internal fittings included benches of pine wood, an oak pulpit, stone font and oak communion table. The font and its marble base was gifted by the vicar of Maker and the communion table by the church's builder, Mr. Carne. The church's windows were filled with cathedral glass. Following its dedication, construction work was completed by the end of the year. By November, the north porch had been added, other parts of the building finished and…