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Tour

Now you’re inside, just take a moment to relax and let God’s love encircle you. There’s no rush! Stand on the compass circle and look ahead of you to the altar where Jesus shares supper with his friends every Sunday.          

 

Turning left,take a walk down the Newlyn aisle and behind the pulpit you’ll see the 12th Century Norman pillar still bears thescorch marks from the burning of the church during the Spanish invasion of 1595.

 

Just to your left, on the wall, is the monument to William Godolphin, squire of the parish, whose family played an active part in trying to repel the invasion and who died in 1689. The armour above is Spanish and the swords date from 1550.

           

 Ahead of you, below the plain glass window, is the memorial to the Mousehole crew of the Penlee Lifeboat, The Solomon Brown.  All eight men bravely gave their lives trying to save others on the night of December 19th, 1981. One of the helicopter crew involved in the rescue attempt on that night described them as “the bravest eight men I have ever seen”. The memorial weighs one tonne and is shaped in granite rock from the nearby village of Lamorna.

Above the altar is the beautiful stained glass East Window which is a lasting memorial to those who died in the Great War of 1914-1918 and just to the right of the window is the Aumbry Light where communion is always kept – Jesus is always with us – here and everywhere.

Turning to the right again and walking down the Mousehole aisle you’ll come to the memorial of Captain Stephen Hutchens who was born in Paul and died in a sea battle in Jamaica in 1709. In his will he left the funds which founded the almshouses next to the church which were built in 1729 and still house the elderly today. Just click on the picture (right) for more information.

As you walk up the Mousehole aisle past the restored stained glass windows which were badly damaged by bombs dropped in World War II, the south wall bears the memorial to “The Three Johns”, all fishermen from Paul who became missionaries in 1850. The South American Missionary Society is the result of the self sacrifice of these men of Paul who all died in their early twenties in Tierra del Fuego, South America.

Finally, just in front of you now is the font, place of many a baptism into our Christian faith. Just behind the font is the children’s corner which is lit by a beautiful stained glass window and is also home to a striking and intricate hand made tapestry depicting scenes of our parish.


And so you’re back to the south porch where you came in. As you step back outside it’s worth taking a moment to wonder at the construction of the three stage church tower. It’s 86 feet high and from the top, on a clear day, you can see eleven other churches. It is also home to a very sweet sounding ring of six bells, three of which were cast by the celebrated bell-founder Abraham Rudhall of Gloucestershire in 1727. 

    

 

 

For more information on the tower and the bells (with sound) just click on Tower & Bells at the top of this page!

Thankyou for taking the time to to take a look around our church. We hope you’ve enjoyed your visit and hope to meet you here in Paul soon! In the meantime, if you wish to support our efforts to maintain our beautiful church, especially our window renovation project now under way, please feel free to contact our treasurer Roger Bond on 01736 731057.

   

Safe journeys. Go well with God!