The Parish Church of St Mary

Heritage listing

Details SX 99 NW REWE REWE 4/176 The Parish Church of St Mary - 30.6.61 GV I Parish church. Mainly C15 but of 2 builds: nave and north aisle of circa 1450; north transept (formerly the Wadham chantry) and chancel of 1495, built by Sir Nicholas Wadham (Sheriff of Devon, 1502). Tower substantially rebuilt 1810. Nave south wall, south porch and much of the chancel rebuilt (probably re-using medieval materials) 1867-8, by Edward Ashworth. Course volcanic trap rubble, with C19 crested slate roof. West tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, north transept and chancel. Exterior: West tower of 2 stages above moulded plinth with battlementing above moulded string and no buttresses; south stair turret with 4 narrow lights, its pyramidal cap at string-course level; west door under 3-light Perpendicular west window; trefoil- headed lancet to south lighting ringing chamber; 2-light cusped square-headed belfry openings. South side: porch 2-centred doorway with diagonal corner buttresses and apex cross, 3-light Perpendicular style window and castellated stair turret (to light pulpit) all by Ashworth. Chancel with one square-headed 2-light window of circa 1495 to north and south; 3-light east window, Decorated, C19. North Aisle, two 3-light windows to north side, 1 to west end, Perpendicular of circa 1450, buttresses between, 2 off-sets, that to the north-west angle set diagonally. North transept: Castellated. North window re-used in 1495 from north aisle, and identical to the aisle windows; west door, with 3-light square-headed window to both east and west. North aisle east window, 3-lights, C19. Interior: 3-bay mid-C15 arcade, wavy moulding, 4 shield.-bearing angels and foliage to capitals; west capital with a figure grasping fronds. Moulded boss to pier shafts. Roofs, wagon, largely

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.