Sheviock ( kw, Seviek, meaning ''strawberry bed'') is a coastal
civil parish and a hamlet in south-east
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is two miles (3 km) south of
St Germans and three miles (5 km) south-west of
Saltash.
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
River Tiddy, a tributary of the
Lynher River) and to the south by the sea. To the east, Sheviock is bordered by
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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
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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
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Civil parishes in Cornwall
Hamlets in Cornwall