St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris is a

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of the

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located in Penwerris, near Falmouth, Cornwall. The church is

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and under the care of the

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rather than the diocesan bishop. The church was originally dedicated to the

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, but this was later changed to St Michael & All Angels. It is a plain rectangular building of stone erected in 1827 and opened on 9 January 1828. It consists of a nave only and a western gallery. Penwerris only became a parish in 1848; until then it was part of the parish of Budock.

Organ

The church has a two-manual pipe organ by

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dating from 1889. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

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