Kea Monastery

Kea is a civil parish in Cornwall, south-west England. The village lies just over a mile south-west of Truro, near the Truro River. The parish includes several smaller settlements such as Old Kea, Calenick, and Come-to-Good. It is mainly agricultural, known for the Kea plum, and bordered by creeks and rivers. The area was once a mining region and still bears traces of its industrial past. The parish has two notable churches. All Hallows in Kea village was built in 1895 by George Fellowes Prynne, a Victorian church architect. Its Norman font and decorated altar panels by Edward Fellowes Prynne, a Pre-Raphaelite painter, are highlights. At Old Kea, only the medieval tower of St Kea’s church remains, with a small chapel nearby holding services twice a month. Kea Monastery, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1085, is shrouded in mystery. The parish also has 18th-century houses like Calenick House, with an older core and a clock tower dated 1752. Killiow House, once home to Theophila Gwatkin, reflects later architectural changes. A Quaker Meeting House in Come-to-Good, opened in 1710, is still in use today.