Cathedrals · South West England
St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary
St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary is a cathedral in england south west, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1260. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building, a parish church in the Church of England in Ottery St Mary, Devon. The church is part of "Churches Together in Ottery St Mary" which includes the churches of four other denominations in the town.
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Background
History
The parish church of St Mary's has been referred to as "a miniature Exeter Cathedral". Like the cathedral it is cruciform in plan, with transepts formed by towers Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as “lying large and low like a tired beast”. It is 163 ft long, and the towers are 71 ft high. It was consecrated in 1260, at which time the manor and patronage of the church belonged to Rouen Cathedral, as it had from before the Norman invasion. Pevsner assumes that the tower-transepts and the outer walls of the chancel date back to 1260, and that the towers were built in imitation of those at Exeter. This Grade I listed building is one of 107 Listed sites in the area. The summary for the…
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- Coordinates
- 50.7527, -3.2792
- Address
- Ottery St Mary, Devon
- Established
- 1260
- Official site
- ottervalechurches.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q17526083 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary?
- St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 50.7527°, -3.2792°.
- When was St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary built?
- St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary dates to 1260.
- What denomination is St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary?
- St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary is affiliated with Christianity.