Best of South West England
The 20 best historic churches in South West England
Our curated top 20 historic churches in South West England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 1,042 historic churches see the full historic churches index for South West England.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (; Cornish: Kernow [ˈkɛrnɔʊ] or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the A
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Church of St Andrew & St Mary, Pitminster
The Church of St Andrew & St Mary in Pitminster, Somerset, England was built around 1300 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The current church was built circa 1300 on the site of an
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Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood
Whitefield's sometimes Whitfield's Tabernacle is a former Calvinistic Methodist and Congregational (now United Reformed) church in Kingswood, a town on the eastern edge of Bristol where George Whitefi
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Church of St Bartholomew, Crewkerne
The Church of St Bartholomew in Crewkerne, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. St Bartholomew's Parish Church stands on high ground to t
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Church of St James, Cameley
The Church of St James is a redundant church in Cameley, Somerset, England, dating from the late 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed b
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Church of St Michael, Othery
The Church of St Michael in Othery, Somerset, England dates back to the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is on the Heritage at Risk Register du
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Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey
The Anglican Parish Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary at Stowey within the English county of Somerset dates from the 13th century. It is a Grade II listed building. There may have been
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St Mary Redcliffe
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, widely known as St Mary Redcliffe, is the main Church of England parish church for the Redcliffe district of the city of Bristol, England. The first reference to a ch
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Church of the Holy Ghost, Crowcombe
The Church of the Holy Ghost in Crowcombe, Somerset, England has a tower dating from the 14th century with the rest of the building being dated at the 15th century. It has been designated by Historic
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St James' Priory, Bristol
The Priory Church of St James, Bristol (grid reference ST588734), is a Grade I listed building in Horsefair, Whitson Street. It was founded between 1124 and 1137, or more specifically c. 1129 in some
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Church of St Dubricius, Porlock
The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The dedication is to Dubricius (a
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Church of Saint Pancras, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Devon
The Church of Saint Pancras is a Church of England church in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England. It is also known as the Cathedral of the Moor. The church is Grade I listed. It has received the nic
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Church of St Andrew, Stogursey
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The Church of St Andrew in Stogursey, Somerset, England dates from the early 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church of St Andrew, now the parish church of Stogur
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Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil
The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, is a Church of England parish church. The church was built between 1380 and 1405, but was renovated in the 1850s. It has been designated as a Gra
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Godolphin Cross
Godolphin Cross (Cornish: Krows Hirlan) is a village in the civil parish of Breage, in west Cornwall, England. It is midway between the towns of Hayle and Helston. From 1974 until 2009 it was in Kerri
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Church of St Michael, Princetown
Devon
The Anglican Church of St Michael (sometimes known as St Michael and All Angels) in Princetown, Devon, England was built between 1810 and 1814. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England
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Kea, Cornwall
Kea ( KEE; Cornish: Sen Ke) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a "large straggling parish" in a former mining area south of Truro. Kea village is situated just
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Old Market, Bristol
Old Market is a conservation area of national significance to the east of the city centre in Bristol, England. Old Market Street and West Street form the central axis of the area, which is approximat
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Church of St George, Hinton St George
The Church of St George in Hinton St George, Somerset, England includes 13th-century work by masons of Wells Cathedral, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The vestry and north chape
