Talland Church stands on a superb hillside location overlooking the picturesque bay. It was built on an ancient holy site and is about a mile from Polperro, the nearest real settlement. The present altar marks the site of the Celtic original built by St Tallanus, to whom the church is dedicated. Unusual features are the separate bell-tower, connected to the church by a coach-house style roof, and a surrounding churchyard that follows the contours of the hill from the lowest to the highest points of the site. Inside the ends of the wooden pews are beautifully carved.