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|parish                 = Poughill
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| locmapin             = Cornwall
| designation1         = Grade I
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| designation1_date    = 5 March 1952
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'''St Olaf's Church''' is a [[Church of England]] [[parish church]] in [[Poughill]], [[Bude]], [[Cornwall]]. It is a [[Grade I listed building]].
==History==
The font dates to the 13th century. The south aisle dates to the 14th and 15th centuries. The porch and west tower are dated to the 15th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-64780-church-of-st-olaf-bude-stratton|title=Church of St Olaf, Bude-Stratton|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> The studded door is dated to the 16th century.
[[File:Interior, St Olaf's church, Poughill - geograph.org.uk - 2889867.jpg|left|thumb|263x263px|Interior]]
The church seats 300 persons and is dedicated to the Norwegian King and so-called Martyr, St Olaf ([[Olaf II of Norway]]). At the restoration in 1928 the foundations of the original [[Norman architecture|Norman]] church were uncovered but nothing of this remains above ground. The pillars on the north side and south arch of the nave are of [[Caen stone]] (14th century); those of the south side are granite (15th century). The [[piscina]] and [[aumbry]] in the south chancel are 13th century.
[[File:Stained glass window, St Olaf's church, Poughill (15615414489).jpg|left|thumb|225x225px|Stained-glass window ]]
Inside the church is a wall of [[fresco]]es. The frescoes date from about 1470, and depict [[St Christopher]]: they were discovered in 1894 beneath the whitewash. Such paintings were once common in churches; the Poughill accounts record the washing-out of the figures in 1550 at the time of the [[English Reformation|Reformation]] in the reign of King [[Edward VI]]. According to the legend, St Christopher was a heathen giant who, on turning Christian, was instructed by a holy hermit to carry travellers over a dangerous ford, and who, one stormy night carried the child Jesus on his shoulder.
==Organ==
A specification of the organ can be found on the [[National Pipe Organ Register]].<ref>{{National Pipe Organ Register|R01624|accessdate=28 September 2015}}</ref>
==Vicars==
The Ven. [[Percy Ashford]] was Vicar of Poughill before he became Chaplain General of Prisons.
==References==
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[[Category:Church of England church buildings in Cornwall]]
[[Category:Grade I listed churches in Cornwall]]
[[Category:English Gothic architecture in Cornwall]]
[[Category:Conservative evangelical Anglican churches in England]]
[[Category:Churches dedicated to Saint Olav in the United Kingdom]]