page_title: Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth
section_title: William John Coope
hierarchical_section_title: Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth / History / Later history / William John Coope
caption_attribution_description: Summer house in former private garden of Gyllyngdune estate, possibly used as a chapel but never consecrated. c1840s for the Revd William Coope, rector of Falmouth 1838-1870. Rubble with red brick dressings; fish-scale scantle slate gabled roof with exposed purlins, shaped and pierced quatrefoil and dagger barge boards with turned finials and pendants. Small cruciform, near rectangular plan with balustraded walk around it and serving as a bridge over a waterfront walk (in the style of a rustic cave) and linked to steps and walls giving access to Steps (qv) and tunnel to beach. Gothic Revival style. Central pointed-arched doorway with hood-mould, pair of planked doors and iron gate with scrolled crest to landward end. Flat-headed window to each side gable and to seaward end, all with hood-moulds and boarded up at time of survey; crosses above side windows. INTERIOR: well-detailed waggon roof with cross vault and moulded under-purlins and lower arched bracing. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: red brick balustrades between piers with stepped pyramidal caps around the building, winder steps down to path and wall with similar piers and balustrades continuing along the seaward side towards, and recessed parallel to the Steps (qv), giving access to the beach, and slightly beyond. HISTORY: the Revd William Coope was the &quot;unchallenged pioneer&quot; of Tractarianism within the Anglican Church in Cornwall. Prominent position on sea front. &lt;a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: The Church of King Charles the Martyr is a parish church in the Church of England situated in the centre of Falmouth, Cornwall.
context_section_description: The Rev. William John Coope (born c. 1810) was rector from 1838 to 1869. He was the pioneer of Tractarianism in Cornwall. While studying at Oxford Coope had been greatly influenced by the Oxford Movement. When he came to Falmouth the church was in a poor state of repair. Coope introduced changes in ritual in accordance with Tractarian ideas and aroused some opposition from a section of the parishioners. This opposition had abated by 1847; in 1849 a letter appeared in the West Briton complaining about the conduct of services at Falmouth. Coope was the author of many  publications which emphasised the Catholicity of the Church of England. The church was much improved during his time: there were new vestries, a north porch, stained east window and a new reredos and pulpit. Opposition to Coope's practices led eventually to a dispute with the Archdeacon, W. J. Phillpotts, in 1866. Coope was supported by the newly formed English Church Union and the Archdeacon who had planned legal action did not proceed.
caption: The chapel of Gyllyngdune House, built by William Coope
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