St Germans Priory

18/08/2024

There’s a lovely concert coming up on 22nd September at The Piggery with our friends from Chapel Street Music - one for the diary. (Also Karen’s cakes are really good!)

07/08/2024

Looking for a great day out exploring Cornwall’s heritage this September?

Following the huge success of our Awenek! festival last year, our Cornish heritage extravaganza is returning to The Lost Gardens of Heligan on Sunday 8th September from 10am – 5pm.

This one-day festival is packed with an array of hands-on activities, demonstrations, re-enactments and performances showcasing everything that makes Cornwall special.

Cornwall Heritage Trust members enjoy free entry to The Lost Gardens of Heligan on this day and, for those of you who attended last year, you’ll know that it’s an event you won’t want to miss. For those who aren’t our members, there are no charges in addition to the cost of their garden entry and entry as always remains free for Heligan Local Pass and Membership holders.

Book your place today https://www.heligan.com/events/events-at-heligan/awenek-the-great-cornish-heritage-festival/

07/08/2024

All are welcome to join the team from the Cornish Celtic Way on their monthly guided walk this Saturday 10th August.

A gentle walk this month, mostly along lanes and fields with some stiles, and the usual visits and talks.

10.30am - Meet at Lanivet Anglican Church
11.00am - Visit Lanivet Methodist Church (a new accomodation provider for pilgrims walking the CCW)
1.30pm - Lunch at Withiel Church, and stop at The Real Food Garden for an ice cream near Withiel

Car support is provided and drivers will be returned to Lanivet from Withiel. Suitable for dogs on leads.

07/08/2024

02/08/2024

02/08/2024

The craft and produce stalls are set up, the bar and crepes are ready. The bell is tolling. The Hoop Thrower and Musicians are prepared. The St Germans Priory Summer Fayre is open!!

01/08/2024

Join us for our Summer Fayre tomorrow at St Germans Priory 🌈

See the times for Hoop Performances, Music, Children’s Crafts, Raffle and more. An array of stalls with local crafts and produce will be open all day for you to come and have a browse, as well as the Bar and Crepes, from 10am to 8pm.

If there is any change in the weather, we will still go ahead because we can move inside the Priory church!

We look forward to seeing you all for a lovely day at the Priory 🌞

31/07/2024

Thank you for joining us Tamar Valley Vineyard

Come and pick up some of their gorgeous wine and cider this Friday!

30/07/2024

Deadline approaching!

Following a successful bid to the Rural Prosperity Fund, we are looking for a local supplier to help us source 18 benches to be installed at our historic sites throughout Cornwall. This project will help us to make the sites more accessible by providing rest places at some of our larger landscape properties.

We would like the benches to reflect Cornwall Heritage Trust in their design and to comply with the following requirements:
• Hard-wearing because our sites are often on exposed hilltops and may be affected by salty coastal air
• Easy to install
• Comfortable and easily accessible – heeding the relevant guidelines for disability access
• Materials used should be from sustainable sources and robust – we expect the benches to be in use for at least 15-20 years
• Low maintenance, made of vandal-resistant material and easily cleanable
• To include space for a memorial plaque to be mounted if desired
• Design should incorporate the Cornwall Heritage Trust logo or name in some way
• Large enough to seat three people comfortably

If you can help us please send your tender containing full design specifications, delivery timescales and cost breakdown by email to [email protected] by Monday 5th August 2024.

The benches must be in situ by February 2025 at the latest.

The Rural Prosperity Fund is part of the CIOS Good Growth Fund, which is managed by Cornwall Council and funded by the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

29/07/2024

Another lovely maker joining us at the Summer Fayre this Friday. Come and discover the gorgeous scents and hand poured candles made by Spencer & Berry using rapeseed and coconut wax.

St Germans Priory is a new venue for us and we're really looking forward to taking part in this event. Looks like there'll be plenty going on, enough to keep everyone happy! Try and pop over and say hello, it would be lovely to see you. X

29/07/2024

We are very excited that the ladies of Crepe Cornwall will be joining us for our Summer Fayre this Friday!

Also setting up at the Priory, Steve and the team from The Eliot Arms will be running a fully licensed bar.

Just 3 more days to go!
Fingers crossed, for this glorious sunshine to continue, come and enjoy Pimms and Crepes here in our Priory garden after a browse around the stalls 🌞🍹🥞 While you listen to some music or watch the circus hoop dancer, lots of things to keep the children entertained as well!

27/07/2024

As well as some wonderful art and crafts, we are lucky to also have several producers presenting their gorgeous wares at the Summer Fayre next week.

We are delighted that Tamar Valley Vineyard will be joining us with their wines and cider, explore the Atlantic Distillery range for your summer drinks, and do not miss the The Cornish Cheese Company with their stunning blue cheese pâté not to mention all the other beautiful cheeses…

27/07/2024

Mike and Martyn were here this week, helping to keep the historic Priory church building safe, and as up to date as it can be when parts of it date back to the 13th century…!

The team carrying out works at St Germans Priory

25/07/2024

With just over a week to go until our Summer Fayre, here are a few of the beautiful crafts, artwork, and unique designs which you will find amongst our stalls. We are delighted to be showcasing so much Cornish talent in the Priory. Looking forward to seeing you, come and have a browse!

Thrive Craft
Lowen Gorra Art
Malice Ceramics
Matt Johnson Illustration
Grace Aasta Designs
Wildflower Pottery
Kathryn Wild Art
PopperLoops

22/07/2024

After their successful concert here in the Priory last weekend, Jopes Music are hosting a workshop at Looe Valley vineyard in August.

22/07/2024

15/07/2024

Some stunning photos to inspire on this grey and wet St Swithin’s Day. Is it 40 days of rain before or after, or both? Or we might have 40 days without rain this year maybe, if we’re lucky.

Give this a try in the Priory and admire our ceiling too, although you might want to wrap up warm before you lie down on our floor…

14/07/2024

Another marvellous performance by Jopes Music orchestra here in the Priory this afternoon with the sunshine pouring through the stained glass and interval drinks outside. A full audience and the comments and photos here show how much it was appreciated and enjoyed by everyone. Thank you to the wonderful musicians, and to you all for joining us!

Ready for the concert - if you’re here please leave comments and photos below. (Click the comment button!). Enjoy!

13/07/2024

If you are thinking of walking the Cornish Celtic Way, there is a guidebook thoughtfully written and edited by Nigel and Penny Marns. You can also pick up a passport to have stamped as you walk along and stop each day. We have a stamp here at the Priory for your starting point!
Penny and Nigel Marns also organise regular group walks along the Way. There is one today from Looe to Polperro, and and you can sign up to their mailing list and page to find out about there other walks and events.

13/07/2024

The Cornish Celtic Way starts at St Germans and follows the old pilgrims route to St Michael’s Mount. Luk Collet & Sebastian Reyda are two walkers and cinematographers from Belgium who walked the Way last year. Since then they have been working on a multimedia exhibition and a series of presentations which will be hosted in Belgium. All the way over in Belgium they are talking about our Cornish Celtic Way! We were delighted to be part of this process and even more excited to share now the first introductory video. We have more and more pilgrims/walkers who follow the Cornish Celtic Way, with many who book and sleep in the Priory overnight.

12/07/2024

Great ticket sales so far for the Jopes Orchestra concert in St Germans Church this Sunday at 3.30pm and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone there. And YES - you will be home in time for the football!! Tickets on the door or from https://www.minack.com/whats-on/sunshine-and-storms

03/07/2024

…and for the budding photographers amongst you.

We’ve had entries from photographers of all ages showcasing some incredible Cornish places, landscapes and traditions across Cornwall, and it’s been wonderful to look through them all!

There’s still time to enter if you haven’t already. The closing date for entries is next Monday, 8th July 2024.

The top 12 photos selected by our judging panel will feature in the Cornwall Heritage Trust 2025 Calendar. Each winner will also receive a calendar as a prize.

In addition, there will be prizes for the top 3 winners:
1st Prize – £50
2nd Prize – A bottle of Camel Valley ‘Cornwall’ Brut Sparkling Wine
3rd Prize – Cornwall Heritage Trust 2 Adult Family Membership

Find out more https://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/photographycompetition/

03/07/2024

For the budding archeologists…

Do you know a budding archaeologist? 🔍🤠

The Cornwall National Landscape Monumental Improvement (MI) project, along with heritage professionals and organisations across Cornwall, are working towards relaunching a Young Archaeologists Club!

Drop in on Saturday 20 July, 10am-2pm, here at Kresen Kernow, for a taster event run by the MI project.

Come along and chat to the team about the setting up of a club and how it can be run in a way that covers Cornwall as a whole.

There will be archaeological activities to try and a chance to meet some of the facilitators who are helping make this happen.

Can’t make it to Kresen Kernow? There are two other taster events being held at:

• Maker Heights Visitor Centre, Maker Barracks, Maker, Torpoint, PL10 1LA, on Saturday 13 July, 10am-2pm

• Boden, Manaccan, Helston, TR12 6EN (follow the signs in the lanes from Manaccan village centre), on Saturday 27 July, 10am-2pm

Please note: Children and young people under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times at these drop-in sessions.

The Cornwall National Landscape, Monumental Improvement (MI) project in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) and heritage professionals and organisations right across Cornwall are about to re-launch Cornwall Young Archaeologists’ Club in July as part of The CBA’s Festival of Archaeology 2024.

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