High Bickington Church of Saint Mary Gallery
There are a couple of real standouts around High Bickington Church, one of them making it a real must see for fans of Devon medieval carving…
There are a couple of real standouts around High Bickington Church, one of them making it a real must see for fans of Devon medieval carving…
There are a couple of real standouts around High Bickington Church, one of them making it a real must see for fans of Devon medieval carving…
And so we come the bench ends, treasures beyond compare, full of magical carving and deep social history…
This is a real ‘must see’ church if you are in the area, and also if you are not. It is that good.
This is a real ‘must see’ church if you are in the area, and also if you are not. It is that good.
The church itself is a corker, a sweet exterior with wonders galore inside. This version is fifteenth century, there was a Norman one before.
A mighty impressive church is Peter Tavy, beautiful outside with some remarkable enchantments within.
A mighty impressive church is Peter Tavy, beautiful outside with some remarkable enchantments within.
Hittisleigh church is magic, just a delightfully captivating beauty, full of deep country charm and deep serenity
Honeychurch is a gorgeous gem, the spiritual heart of Devon and humble with it, remote and timeless with magic within and without.
Honeychurch is a gorgeous gem, the spiritual heart of Devon and humble with it, remote and timeless with magic within and without.
Walk up to the church from Frankland Ford Bridge, up a grass-green Devon hill, and Honeychurch smiles tenderly in welcome. It is a beauty.
Colebrooke church is a rare survival of a 13th/14th century nave, chancel and south transept with a 15th century tower and north aisle
Colebrooke church is a rare survival of a 13th/14th century nave, chancel and south transept with a 15th century tower and north aisle
Cracking church, mainly fourteenth century nave and chancel, with a fifteenth century north aisle. The tower is a bit of both…
At first glance Jacobstowe church looks like a pretty little church in a charming churchyard, but it hides an extraordinary history.
At first glance Jacobstowe church looks like a pretty little church in a charming churchyard, but it hides an extraordinary history.
The oldest part of the present structure is Norman; deep sidewalls, the font, a possible Norman altar just on the right of the porch…
A fine stone exterior leads to a modest interior with lots of granite, always a good sign indeed, with some lovely carvings into the bargain.
A fine stone exterior leads to a modest interior with lots of granite, always a good sign indeed, with some lovely carvings into the bargain.
Inside is a place of wondrous simplicity, every texture picked out by the granite-clear light streaming through the nave windows.
A little gem this one, not least because it is so bound up with the history of the surrounding Medieval landscape and the village of Bow
A little gem this one, not least because it is so bound up with the history of the surrounding Medieval landscape and the village of Bow
It is a sweet little thing. Originally Norman at least, it was rebuilt in the fourteenth century, and added to in the fifteenth.
It is very much about the light here, both inside and out, though the medieval windows and stonework certainly bring a plenty as well.
It is very much about the light here, both inside and out, though the medieval windows and stonework certainly bring a plenty as well.
Dowland church is a small pearl and like most pearls it is all about the light. No bling, no glitter, just a rare beauty.
A mightily well-cared for red-stone church with a huge sundial stuck onto its 15th century porch.
A mightily well-cared for red-stone church with a huge sundial stuck onto its 15th century porch.
And this church too is a respectable church; a well cared for, solid Mid-Devon church, and that is high praise indeed.
Quite a charmer this one, the village almost as good as the church up here high on Dartmoor. Inside there is so much fine work to play with.
Quite a charmer this one, the village almost as good as the church up here high on Dartmoor. Inside there is so much fine work to play with.
Entering a forest of pillars and an intricacy of woodwork dancing out to meet us.And a fifteenth century rood screen to die for.
It is difficult to describe the wonder and magic in this church, there are not many like it in Devon, let alone the country.
It is difficult to describe the wonder and magic in this church, there are not many like it in Devon, let alone the country.
One of the most quietly intoxicating churches in Devon, full of faith, passion and beauty, carefully cared for through the centuries
With a rare north tower and some good original windows Burrington church is a delight, and on the the inside it gets better.
With a rare north tower and some good original windows Burrington church is a delight, and on the the inside it gets better.
It is a big barn of place, high ceilinged and lots of light, only a few stained glass windows, with a graceful arcade of granite pillars.
A lovely little country church in a lovely little parish. Its history goes back to a 1300s chapel of ease dedicated to St Clement
A lovely little country church in a lovely little parish. Its history goes back to a 1300s chapel of ease dedicated to St Clement
There is a lovely neatness inside, combined with the soft lighting that gently paints the browns and whites with glowing shades.
A quiet church in a very rural parish, the outside is a combination of lime-washed render and Devon red stone. Very charming.
A quiet church in a very rural parish, the outside is a combination of lime-washed render and Devon red stone. Very charming.
The situation alone is worthy of admiration, to drag stones up so many hills and then build such a marvellous granite church is a wonder.
The situation alone is worthy of admiration, to drag stones up so many hills and then build such a marvellous granite church is a wonder.
Hidden high above the River Teign, deep in tumbling valley and loping hills, Bridford seems a universe away from the modern world.
West Worlington church is in a beautiful position in its own hidden churchyard overlooking a deeply rural valley.
West Worlington church is in a beautiful position in its own hidden churchyard overlooking a deeply rural valley.
The church is a doozy, with a probable thirteenth century tower, fourteenth century chancel and fifteenth century rest.
The ivy clad red tower is the first sight of this church, and it is a beaut, bringing to mind princesses and fairy tale romance. But inside…
The ivy clad red tower is the first sight of this church, and it is a beaut, bringing to mind princesses and fairy tale romance. But inside…
A finely pretty fifteenth century church sits at the heart of this field-draped parish running down to the mighty River Exe…
An outstanding church with medieval wood carving to die for. The rood screen and pulpit alone are worth a journey.
An outstanding church with medieval wood carving to die for. The rood screen and pulpit alone are worth a journey.
Full of sensational woodwork and electrifying carving, one of the best preserved sixteenth century roodscreens in Devon and more, much more…
Throwleigh church is a beautiful moorland granite church with an elegant tower and one of the best priest’s doors in Devon
Throwleigh church is a beautiful moorland granite church with an elegant tower and one of the best priest’s doors in Devon
Throwleigh church has a stunning exterior, the weathered stone and the tall tower, and the different views from the hillside churchyard
A beautiful position not far from Exeter, tucked away down a dead end lane, the glories of this church are stunning
A beautiful position not far from Exeter, tucked away down a dead end lane, the glories of this church are stunning
The church is a lovely mixture of red and grey stone in a beautifully peaceful location and a very pretty churchyard.
A stunning church this one, both inside and outside as well as a powerful connection to the 16th century Prayer Book Rebellion.
A stunning church this one, both inside and outside as well as a powerful connection to the 16th century Prayer Book Rebellion.
The first thing that strikes us is the light, and then the space; a true grandeur, a memory of worlds lost, a loyalty to dreams of freedom
A sweet little church, Little Torrington St Giles sits in a pretty village with a marvellous church gate and a peaceful churchyard.
A sweet little church, Little Torrington St Giles sits in a pretty village with a marvellous church gate and a peaceful churchyard.
A peaceful church, a quiet village, bypassed a hundred years ago by a new toll road, with a slim tower and the whole in Perpendicular style
It was designed by GE Street, one of the leading Victorian church architects. He was good, very, very good.
The tower is Medieval, the only remnant of the previous church, and the outside is very simple; cute, charming, pretty all come to mind
So the church is an ‘estate church’ and very much a preserve of the Clintons. Happily for us, back in 1873, one of them had formidable taste…
A small parish in north-east Devon, a minor note in the grand symphony of Devon churches but, like all minor notes, a dollop of beauty that would be missed if not here.
A very pretty church in such a neat and well-mown churchyard, it is like a little country church out of an old child’s picture book. Delicious.
The church has a magnificent old tower, possibly twelfth or thirteenth century, very rare for Devon, and a spectacular twelfth century rustic Norman doorway
part of the deep history of England. Alfred the Great, the father of the nation, owned it and left it in his will to his youngest son Ethelward…
Here is shelter, for the body and for the soul, where the flock are safe to explore their sins, a safe space, a holy space, an intoxicating space…
The present church is late fifteenth or early sixteenth century and a petite beauty it is, along with its charm of a churchyard and the stream through it.