St Enodoc Church
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The church is built in stone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave and chancel, a three-bay aisle to the south of the chancel, a north transept leading to the tower, which unusually is to the north of the church, and a south porch. The tower is in two stages and is surmounted by a low broach spire. On all four faces are small trefoil-headed belfry openings
Beautiful Medieval church located above the sand dunes of Daymer Bay. Burial place of the Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman.The church is said to lie on the site of a cave where St Enodoc lived as a hermit The oldest fabric in the church dates from around the 12th century. Additions were made in the 13th and 15th centuries. By the 18th century the church was partly submerged in sand.During the 19th century the sand was removed and the church was cleaned and restored under the direction of the vicar, Rev. Hart Smith. The architectural restoration was carried out in 1863–64 by J.P.St.Aubyn