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{{Short description|Church in Cornwall, England}}
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'''St Julitta's Church, St Juliot''' is a [[Grade II* listed]]<ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England entry| num=1222833 |desc=Church of St Julitta |grade=II* |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> [[parish church]] in the [[Church of England]] Diocese of Truro in [[St Juliot]], [[Cornwall]]. ([[St Julitta's Church, Lanteglos-by-Camelford]] is dedicated to the same local saint.)
==History==
The parish church is dedicated to [[Julitta (Cornwall)|St Julitta]]<ref>''The Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 113</ref> (Juliot) and stands in an isolated location above the valley of the [[River Valency]] at {{gbmapping|SX 129 912}}<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StJuliot/] GENUKI website; St Juliot; retrieved May 2010</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090608090448/http://www.oliverscornwall.co.uk/holy.html Churches, Holy Wells & Saints].</ref> The parish church of [[Lanteglos by Camelford]] and the castle chapel at [[Tintagel Castle|Tintagel]] are also dedicated to St Julitta. The church is in the [[St Juliot]] [[civil parish]] of northeast [[Cornwall]],<ref>[http://www.boscastlecornwall.org.uk/churches/church_stjuliot_info.htm  St Juliot Church].</ref>
The church predates the [[Domesday Book]].<ref>David Ross, [http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/cornwall/churches/st-juliot.htm St Juliot Church, Cornwall History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation].</ref> The [[Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]] church building was enlarged in the [[13th century]] when [[transept]]s were added
The chapel of St Julitta was acquired in 1238 by the canons of St Stephens by [[Launceston Priory|Launceston]] and before 1269 was annexed to their church of [[St Gennys]]. In the late [[15th century]] a south [[aisle]] and porch were added to the church.
At the [[Reformation]] it was separated from St Gennys and became a donative served by perpetual curates who were paid £7 annually. It became a [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]]y in 1865. There was formerly a north transept which was removed in the [[Victorian restoration]].<ref>''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 113-14</ref>
The tower is of three stages; the south aisle is built of [[granite]] and has one additional bay east of the end of the nave. Features of interest include the vaulted granite south porch and a relief in bronze of the Deposition of [[Christ]] which is the work of an Italian [[16th-century]] Mannerist. There are two Cornish crosses in the churchyard.<ref>[[Pevsner, N.]] (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 182</ref> The parish now belongs to the Boscastle group of Anglican parishes.
It was surveyed by the Dorchester architect John Hicks in 1867, but he died before restoration work could start. It was restored between 1870 and 1872 by [[Thomas Hardy]]. The restoration was almost a complete rebuilding, but controversial as to whether some of the original building could have been restored, rather than replaced. It re-opened on 25 April 1872.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=St Juliot Church Restoration |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000180/18720427/029/0006|newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Falmouth |date=27 April 1872 |access-date=27 September 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] }}</ref>
As well as being an architect Hardy was better known as a [[poet]] and [[novelist]]. He met his wife here in 1870,<ref>[[Robert Gittings]] (2001). ''Young Thomas Hardy''. Penguin Classic Biography. {{ISBN|978-0141390536}}.</ref><ref>[[Emma Gifford|Hardy, Emma]],  ''Some Recollections by Emma Hardy; with some relevant poems by Thomas Hardy''; ed. by Evelyn Hardy & R. Gittings. London: ([[Oxford University Press]], 1961)</ref> and wrote ''[[A Pair of Blue Eyes]]'' and other poems in 1912–13, about his time in the parish.
There are three [[celtic cross|Cornish crosses]] of early dating.<ref name = "Langdon">Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 86-87 & 162-63.</ref><ref>Polsue, J., ''Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall'', (1872)</ref> There are two Cornish crosses in the churchyard. One of the crosses was originally sited at [[Anderton Mill]], Lesnewth, but was brought here for preservation in 1852.<ref name = "Langdon"/>
==Parish status==
The church is in the Boscastle and Tintagel group of parishes which includes:
*[[Forrabury Church|St Symphorian's Church, Forrabury]]
*[[Minster Church, Cornwall|St Merteriana's Church, Minster]]
*[[St Michael and All Angels' Church, Lesnewth]]
*[[St Denis' Church, Otterham]]
*[[St Materiana's Church, Tintagel]]
*[[St Piran's Chapel, Trethevy|St Piran's Church, Trethevy]]
*St Petroc's Church, [[Trevalga]]
==Bells==
The tower contains a peal of 6 bells which as of 2009 were reported as being unringable.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=juliot&numPerPage=10&Submit=Go&searchAmount=%3D&searchMetric=cwt&sortBy=Place&sortDir=Asc&DoveID=SAI+JULIOT |title=St Juliot S Juliot |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=29 January 2009 |website=[[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers]] |publisher= Dovemaster |access-date=11 May 2019 |quote=}}</ref> The tenor and treble are the youngest by John Taylor from 1951. Two date from 1808 by John III Pennington and the others are 1734 and 1783 by John IV Pennington.
==References==
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