Sheviock ( kw, Seviek, meaning ''strawberry bed'') is a coastal
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
and a hamlet in south-east
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England, United Kingdom. The parish is two miles (3 km) south of
St Germans and three miles (5 km) south-west of
Saltash
Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It had a population of 16,184 in 2011 census. Saltash faces the city of Plymouth over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Corn ...
.
Sheviock parish is in the St Germans Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 683, which had decreased to 646 at the 2011 census. To the north, the parish is bordered by St Germans Creek (the tidal estuary of the
, a tributary of the
Lynher River) and to the south by the sea. To the east, Sheviock is bordered by
Antony parish and to the west by
Deviock
Deviock is a coastal civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) west of St Germans and straddles the valley of the River Seaton. The parish includes the settlements of Hesse ...
parish.
Landmarks
The parish church of St Mary stands in the hamlet of Sheviock at : the building is of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The church one of only a few in Cornwall to have a spire. Two late 14th-century tombs are thought to be of three members of the Courtenay family. There is stained glass by Wailes to the designs of
George Edmund Street
George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an eccl ...
who restored the church in 1850. The restoration included rebuilding and reroofing the chancel.
There is a Cornish cross, known as Stump Cross, at a crossroads between Sheviock churchtown and Crafthole.
Trethill is an Italianate villa designed by George Wightwick and built in 1836-40. Trewin is small square house of c. 1750 built of bricks with a set of Doric pilasters on its front. To the original house a plain extension of similar proportions was added in the 19th century. Trethill House is a country house, which was the seat of the Wallis family in the 18th century.
References
External links
Map of Sheviock
{{South East Cornwall CP navigation box
Civil parishes in Cornwall
Hamlets in Cornwall