St Hilary'S Church, St Hilary

The Church of St Hilary is an Early English–style church in the village of St Hilary, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It features a 13th-century tower; following a fire in 1853, the remainder of the church was rebuilt two years later by William White. The church is dedicated to Saint Hilary of Poitiers and is a Grade I listed building. The architecture is described in Pevsner's Buildings of England: Cornwall. AntiquitiesA Roman milestone was found in the foundations of the church in 1854, and it is now fixed in the south aisle. The inscription, Imp Caes Flav Val Constantino Pio nob Caes divi Constanti Pii F Aug filio, refers to the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (Collingwood (1965) RIB no. 2233). The churchyard contains both British and Roman crosses. There is a Cornish cross in the churchyard; it has a Latin cross on both sides. There is another cross on Trewhela Lane. 20th century and afterNewlyn School artists' worksBernard "Ber" Walke was made Vicar of St Hilary in 1912; he was the priest from 1913 to 1936. Although the medieval St Hilary Church was rebuilt in 1853, it lacked interior decoration. Annie Walke, the vicar's wife, and some of the couple's artist friends from the "Lamorna Group" of the Newlyn School were commissioned to decorate the church with altar pieces, panels and other works. Some of the works depicted the lives of saints from Cornwall.

The Church of St Hilary is an Early English–style church in the village of St Hilary, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It features a 13th-century tower; following a fire in 1853, the remainder of the church was rebuilt two years later by William White. The church is dedicated to Saint Hilary of Poitiers and is a Grade I listed building. The architecture is described in Pevsner's Buildings of England: Cornwall. AntiquitiesA Roman milestone was found in the foundations of the church in 1854, and it is now fixed in the south aisle. The inscription, Imp Caes Flav Val Constantino Pio nob Caes divi Constanti Pii F Aug filio, refers to the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (Collingwood (1965) RIB no. 2233). The churchyard contains both British and Roman crosses. There is a Cornish cross in the churchyard; it has a Latin cross on both sides. There is another cross on Trewhela Lane. 20th century and afterNewlyn School artists' worksBernard "Ber" Walke was made Vicar of St Hilary in 1912; he was the priest from 1913 to 1936. Although the medieval St Hilary Church was rebuilt in 1853, it lacked interior decoration. Annie Walke, the vicar's wife, and some of the couple's artist friends from the "Lamorna Group" of the Newlyn School were commissioned to decorate the church with altar pieces, panels and other works. Some of the works depicted the lives of saints from Cornwall.