Clyst St Lawrence Church of St Lawrence Gallery
A modest and enchanting little church with a massive tower that makes the nave and channel ever tinier; a wonderful combination.
A modest and enchanting little church with a massive tower that makes the nave and channel ever tinier; a wonderful combination.
A modest and enchanting little church with a massive tower that makes the nave and channel ever tinier; a wonderful combination.
The whole seems to have been rebuilt in the fifteenth century but I would lay good odds that the chancel (on the left) is on the original Norman footprint. Or was there a Saxon chapel?
The whole outside is a joy too, with a charm of a churchyard, a quality porch and a magnificent tower still with medieval saint statues
The whole outside is a joy too, with a charm of a churchyard, a quality porch and a magnificent tower still with medieval saint statues
The church itself is a corker, a sweet exterior with wonders galore inside. This version is fifteenth century, with various restorations.
Inside is lovely, plastered and lime washed, with some fine medieval roof bosses. One of the highlights is the 15th century stone rood screen
Inside is lovely, plastered and lime washed, with some fine medieval roof bosses. One of the highlights is the 15th century stone rood screen
Awliscombe church of St Michael and All Angels is beaut. It seems to be mainly fifteenth century, though some put it a tad later.
Do not fooled by the simple rural around and inside this church, like all our Devon churches it has its own magic for the seeking out…
Do not fooled by the simple rural around and inside this church, like all our Devon churches it has its own magic for the seeking out…
Clayhidon is an enchanting parish with a little jewel of a church sitting up in the north with a simple, sweet interior.
A very pretty red stone church in a pretty churchyard in an equally pretty landscape. Totally charming, totally magical.
A very pretty red stone church in a pretty churchyard in an equally pretty landscape. Totally charming, totally magical.
It is a modest dainty, a perfect little Devon red stone church, a primroses in the spring kind of pleasant…
Halberton church, beautiful red stone, very well kept in a large churchyard, a real delight and with some fun grotesques dotted around.
Halberton church, beautiful red stone, very well kept in a large churchyard, a real delight and with some fun grotesques dotted around.
Those attractive red stone arches gracefully flowing up the nave, dipping elegantly to meet the octagonal pillars…
Set in a steep sided gloriously green valley, Membury church is a darling. The tower alone, tall and honey-shaded, is worth a trip alone.
Set in a steep sided gloriously green valley, Membury church is a darling. The tower alone, tall and honey-shaded, is worth a trip alone.
A charm of a church tower nestled into the western valley side so we can climb almost level with the top for a view worth the visit alone.
A real star this one, With a beautiful red stone exterior set in a lush churchyard and a deep history connected with Sir Walter Raleigh
A real star this one, With a beautiful red stone exterior set in a lush churchyard and a deep history connected with Sir Walter Raleigh
There are sixty-three sets of oak bench ends, all carved around 1537 and the most complete set in Devon if not the country
A fascinating church way up in North East Devon, with a striking interior and a real puzzle of a structural history.
A fascinating church way up in North East Devon, with a striking interior and a real puzzle of a structural history.
That tower is Norman, and that tiny chancel is also suspiciously small, early chancels were much smaller than later ones generally
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.