Old Kea Church
The Old Kea Church is an Anglican church of the Church of England in the small town of the same name south of Truro in Cornwall . The church has been classified as a Grade II cultural monument since 1986 . The free-standing church tower of a medieval predecessor church in the churchyard has been classified as a Grade II * cultural monument since 1967 . The tower is a landmark that can be seen from afar.
history
The location of the church probably goes back to an early Celtic monastery of St. Kea von Landkey from the 5th century, to which today's church is consecrated. Only the representative late Gothic church tower from the 15th century has survived from the medieval St. Kea church . The original building stock includes a portal and a window above it in Perpendicular style . The upper floor with its spiers and window openings is probably a work of the 17th century in Neo-Perpendicular.
The neo-Gothic church of St. Kea northeast of the tower was built in 1862, with enlargements in 1869, as a replacement for the medieval church. Only the tower remained, because the Earl of Falmouth , who owned the Tregothnan manor on the opposite side of the Truro River , wanted to keep the view of the landmark. The new church itself was initially built as a single-nave, elongated hall church with an adjoining chancel, which was just closed in the east, and a bell gable above the west facade. In 1869 a south aisle with a vestibule was added to the nave. Since the center of the village had shifted further west, a new Anglican parish church was built there in New Kea in 1894, which was consecrated to all saints as All Hallows Church .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '9.9 " N , 5 ° 1' 27.2" W.