Where is St Mark's Church, Dawlish?

St Mark's Church, Dawlish is in Devon, South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode EX7 9PB), in the parish of Dawlish.

How do I get to St Mark's Church, Dawlish?

The nearest railway station is Dawlish, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode EX7 9PB.

Is St Mark's Church, Dawlish a protected site?

Yes — St Mark's Church, Dawlish is part of the Dawlish Cliffs SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

How do I get to St Mark's Church, Dawlish?

The nearest railway station is Dawlish, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode EX7 9PB.

Gardens · South West England

St Mark's Church, Dawlish

In or near Mamhead.

St Mark's Church, Dawlish — a garden in england-south-west, United Kingdom.

Chinese restaurant, Brunswick Place, Dawlish - geograph.org.uk - 5182387 — David Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
Nearest railway station: Dawlish · 0.3 km

Dog-friendly

St Mark's Church, Dawlish is a garden of interest in england-south-west, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

Photo gallery

See it from the streetimagery from 2020

Imagery © Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0

Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Dawlish Cliffs SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

St Mark's Church was a Church of England church in Dawlish, Devon, England. It was built between 1849 and 1851 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St Gregory. It closed as a place of worship in 1974 and was demolished in 1976. The site is now occupied by residential dwellings.

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Background

Architecture

St Mark's was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St Gregory, at a time when accommodation at the parish church had become inadequate to meet the needs of the growing town. The parish church was at an "inconvenient distance" for a good proportion of the town and it was also felt that the church did not have an adequate number of free sittings for the poorer inhabitants. Among the contributors to the building fund for the new church was the owner of Luscombe Castle, Charles Hoare, who contributed £1,000, along with a further £1,000 towards its endowment, and his wife, who gave a further £1,000. The plans for St Mark's were drawn up by the architect John Hayward of Exeter. It…

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Coordinates: 50.5803, -3.4683
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Parish: Dawlish
Postcode: EX7 9PB
Parliamentary constituency: Newton Abbot
Nearest railway station: Dawlish — 0.3 km

Sources

wikidata: Q126688799 (CC0)
wikipedia: St Mark's Church, Dawlish (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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