Bench Ends in St Winnow Church
A couple of days ago I was doing some more panoramic photography in my ongoing series of Cornish churches. In St Winnow church, which stands on the bank of the River Fowey, are some really nice medieval carved bench ends. The best two were of a ship in a storm and a drunken man wearing a Cornish kilt. In the ship in a storm you can see a demon in the sky with his cheeks puffed out blowing up the storm while four men cower in the boat. And the drunken man is swigging what is presumably cider from the bottle.
It’s well worth the mile long drive down what’s not much more than a track to see this church. There’s also a fine carved pulpit dating from about 1600 and a rood screen, restored in 1907, with carving by Violet Pinwill.
