Kentisbeare Church of St Mary Gallery
A major church with rood screen, west gallery and other treasures filling it with beauty and interest. The outside stone work is a delight too.
A major church with rood screen, west gallery and other treasures filling it with beauty and interest. The outside stone work is a delight too.
A major church with rood screen, west gallery and other treasures filling it with beauty and interest. The outside stone work is a delight too.
Kentisbeare Church of St Mary has one of the best rood screens in the county along with other beauties that make it a total star
A fourteenth century church, very beautifully kept and very original, sitting away from the main village in its own little area of peace.
A fourteenth century church, very beautifully kept and very original, sitting away from the main village in its own little area of peace.
The church is a sweetie, built mainly from local stone and flint rubble. It is also unaltered fourteenth century and full of treasures.
A major East Devon church this, renowned for the quality of its eighteenth century interior and the other goodies inside.
A major East Devon church this, renowned for the quality of its eighteenth century interior and the other goodies inside.
So we enter by the north porch and are plunged up to our waists in a sea of wondrous box pews, full of the browns of the universe.
The way he emphasises the arches with double or triple lines, the careful use of stained and clear glass to allow the light to splash around
It was designed by the one of the best Victorian church architects of his generation, it is still almost exactly as he intended
It was designed by the one of the best Victorian church architects of his generation, it is still almost exactly as he intended
Enter, ferret around a tad, and it has some truly wonderful gems, stained glass, carvings, paintings, stonework, all treasures indeed
Enter, ferret around a tad, and it has some truly wonderful gems, stained glass, carvings, paintings, stonework, all treasures indeed
Inside this church is an astonishing range of little treasures, from medieval stained glass to beautiful Devon carvings. Stunning stuff.
A lovely simple 15th century church majorly restored inside in the19th century. The church has a beautiful, well-loved atmosphere.
A lovely simple 15th century church majorly restored inside in the19th century. The church has a well-loved atmosphere.
A flat-bottomed vale watered by a wandering stream, an oasis in the jumbled valleys of the Blackdown Hills, Dalwood is a pretty little find.
This pretty little town church was extensively renovated by the Victorians, and the outside shows this. It looks wonderful in its flower-decked churchyard.
The rood screen is a major star here, one of the earliest in Devon, probably before 1420. It is a wonder with its original colouring and stencilling.
Outside, a charming exterior, heavily restored 1846, creating a little gothic dream in its prettily flowered churchyard in the middle of town; cared for with love.