St Anne's Church, Hessenford

Although there has been a village at Hessenford since at least 1286 (when a mill is recorded), the earliest reference to a church is from 1539 when, following the dissolution, it was sold for eight shillings sixpence.

[5] Although there is a small tower and spire, there has never been a bell, and the church became renowned for its shotgun weddings as a volley was fired in place of a peal.

[6] A newspaper report in 1930 pictured local farmers firing a salute of one hundred rounds in celebration of a wedding.

[11] In 1871 Fisher had the rest of the church rebuilt, also in an Early English style, by J P St Aubyn.

[14] Fisher was also responsible for the construction of the mission chapel in Downderry, now St Nicolas's Church.

[18] The east window depicts Christ in Majesty over St Michael, and the Archangels Gabriel and Raphael.

[20] The remaining stained glass in the chancel was installed in 1901 in memory of Sir Charles Watson-Copley Bt and depicts Anna the Prophetess[21] the Blessed Virgin Mary[22] and St Elizabeth, the mother of St John the Baptist.

[29] The pulpit is made of Caen stone and alabaster, and was the work of the Exeter sculptor Harry Hems.