St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel

The early fourteenth century font is outstanding, with carved figures of a huntsman and hawk, a head with leaves sprouting from its mouth, an evil face, a wolf and hounds, and lions.

An open-timbered roof of pitch pine was erected along with new floors and the new carvings was carried out by Harry Hems of Ecclesiastical Art Works, Exeter.

[4] The restoration cost £1,200 (equivalent to £154,100 in 2023),[6] and the church was reopened on 29 May 1879 with a service by Archdeacon Hobhouse.

[7] In 1894 the organ was enlarged, and this required the construction of a new vestry for the clergy and choir in the north-west corner under the spire.

[10] The church is in a joint benefice with: In the churchyard is a grave of a member of the Hext family with a medieval lantern cross mounted on a modern shaft.