English Heritage sites near St. Mewan Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from St. Mewan Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from St. Mewan Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from St. Mewan Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from St. Mewan Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from St. Mewan Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from St. Mewan Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in St. Mewan Parish
St Mewan: St Mewan
Welcome to the parish church of St Mewan: St Mewan in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and county of Cornwall England.
St. Mewan Church is situated just over a mile from St. Austell and just a few miles from the coast. The Church dates back to Norman times. The foundations of the bell tower and the base of the font were built in 1100. The stained glass windows are Victorian and each one shows an incident in Jesus' life.
Churchwardens
Ian Coleman 01726 61360 & Sybilla Davis 01726 63394
Safeguarding Officer
Margaret Allison - for contact info please look on the Safeguarding page.
Sticker: St Mark Mission Church
Up lane from bottom of Chapel Hill
Sticker
St. Austell
+44 (0)1726 7267
Welcome to the Church of England church in Sticker: St Mark Mission Church in the parish of St Mewan, in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and county of Cornwall England.
History of St Mark's Church, Sticker
The little Mission Church of St Mark's is approached up a steep lane that leads from the bottom of Chapel Hill at Sticker, opposite the car park. As you begin to ascend the lane you will see the St Mark's Church Hall on your right. The Church is surrounded by trees that hide it from view. The entrance to the Church is through the porch on the North side.
The Church is built on a cruciform shape and has plain glass windows. It used to have a small organ that could either be pedalled or pumped from the rear when there was no electricity. This has had to be replaced with a more modern keyboard organ. There is a font at the rear of the church which dates to the time of the church's construction in 1877
St Mark's Church or Chapel (as it is referred to in the Faculty which was granted by Bishop Edward White on 20th June 1877) has permission for the "performance" of Divine Service and the occasional administration of Holy Communion and Baptism". It was provided for the "convenience of the people of Sticker" who were situated at a distance from the parish church at St. Mewan. There is a report of the opening ceremony in the Royal Cornwall Gazette of 27th April 1877 which describes the number of people as "being within the sound of the church going bell" as 360. The site for the church was bought from a Mr Christopher Henry Hawkins for the sum of £17. This all happened because the Bishop was very keen that wherever possible every village should have its own place of worship and that all parishioners should be able to walk to Church.
Since those days the Church has been in regular use. Until 1956 it had a parsonage house in the village attached to it with a stipendiary reader who was in charge of the church. During his time St Mark's had a choir and morning and evening prayer was said every Sunday. Today however there is only one service on a Sunday at 11.00 am and unfortunately the Sunday School closed some years ago, amalgamating with St Mewan. The Church is licensed for Marriages, Baptisms and Funerals are held there also.
The Church Hall was built in 1911 on ground made over by the Trewithen Estate and the deed of conveyance is dated 17th May 1911.
Churchwardens
Ian Coleman 01726 61360 & Sybilla Davis 01726 63394
Safeguarding Officer
Stephanie Cornish 01726 69105 - more info on Safeguarding page.
Pubs in St. Mewan Parish
Hewas Inn
Sticker, St. Austell, Sticker, PL26 7HD
(01726) 73497
staustellbrewery.co.uk/pub/sticker/hewas...
Polgooth Inn
Ricketts Lane, Polgooth, PL26 7DA
(01726) 74089
polgoothinn.co.uk
White Pyramid
A rather food-orientated pub, this roadside free house spent some years as the Bell Inn before reverting recently to its former name, a tribute to the china clay tips which abound in the area. It comprises a large main bar and a separate re...