Extraordinary churches, enchanting art, deep history
If you enjoy art, peace, beauty, architecture, history… or sharing faith, then Devon’s churches are time well spent, one of the most remarkable groups in Britain…
Fantastical carvings, breathtaking images, gorgeous stained glass, powerful stone architecture, old colours, new colours, no colours, light and shadow, ancient and modern, faith and love…
For in this field and woodland draped landscape of deep valleys and ragged hills, battered by seas on two coasts, the fierce-faithed folk of medieval Devon created wonders of stone, oak and glass; saints and symbols, coloured and carved, foliage laced, divinely whispered, glowing down through the centuries…
… and then their Victorian descendants sprinkled their own magic across the county. Please come in and enjoy.
Latest churches
Combpyne Rousdon Church of St Mary Description
Combpyne Rousdon Church, that eye-catching tower roof and the ancient structure, is an arresting site in an pretty little valley
Stokeinteignhead Church of St Andrew Description
At the entrance the red Devon sandstone peeks through the render, rhyming with the rich brown of the inner door, a mild delight that churching days are full of.
Drewsteignton Church of the Holy Trinity Description
It is a beaut, that gorgeous granite exterior very posh for its day too, the fifteenth century, the north aisle put on a tad later and the chancel rebuilt.
Abbotsham Church of St Helen Description
A thirteenth century peach in fact, the building’s footprint from that era and the tower, seems mainly from the 1200s
Wiggaton Church of St Edward the Confessor Description
And it is not just a bit of cottage-core cosplay, it really is a sweetly designed and well thought through building; there is a lot to love.
Christow Church of Saint James the Apostle Description
Inside Christow church is more granite and more soft colours. Those benches come mainly from the Victorian restoration and the granite is Late Medieval.
East Down Church of St John the Baptist Description
The Late Medieval pillar carvings are even more glorious… along with deeply mysterious in concert with a healthy dose of dumbbfoundery.
Dolton Church of St Edmund Description
A goodly church as well with thirteenth century bits and bobs, rebuilt in the sixteenth century and heavily restored in the nineteenth.
Hockworthy Church of St Simon and St Jude Description
Tucked away high in North East Devon, happily ensconced in a little visited landscape, little-visited Hockworthy parish is a beaut
Chulmleigh Church of St Mary Magdalene Description
The present church is mainly fifteenth century, restored in the nineteenth century, first maybe an eleventh or twelfth century church
Tetcott Church of the Holy Cross Description
The core of the present Tetcott Church, the nave and chancel, are probably from the 1200s, there was a consecration of this church in 1338
Branscombe Church of St Winifred Description
Branscombe church is an artistry in stone and wood, light and glass, deep history and modern enchantment. There is nothing like it in Devon
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