Lustleigh Church of St John the Baptist Gallery
Set in a very pretty village in an oval churchyard Lustleigh church is a charm and more. The church gate by itself get pulses racing.
Set in a very pretty village in an oval churchyard Lustleigh church is a charm and more. The church gate by itself get pulses racing.
Set in a very pretty village in an oval churchyard Lustleigh church is a charm and more. The church gate by itself get pulses racing.
Lustleigh church sure has a pretty a church gate as ever is, especially when the flowers are in the full bloom
A large church in what was a major village but now quiet and peaceful. It has a wonderfully tall tower, rebuilt in the 19th century
A large church in what was a major village but now quiet and peaceful. It has a wonderfully tall tower, rebuilt in the 19th century
The main part is fourteenth century, with alterations as ever, though the first mention of a church on this site dates from 1121.
The building is a fine creation too, built in 1863 in the Old English style, with a south tower and good granite stonework.
The building is a fine creation too, built in 1863 in the Old English style, with a south tower and good granite stonework.
It is a lovely church with its south tower and that delightful hood over the clock. The windows as well, and those goodly granite walls
The interior is a magnificent mix of Arts and Crafts and Gothic to make a totally new vision which prefigures the modern machine age.
The interior is a magnificent mix of Arts and Crafts and Gothic to make a totally new vision which prefigures the modern machine age.
It is work of sensational genius, of dazzling imagination, of a painter in stone, a master architect carving a remarkable vision
Ashcombe Church is beautifully positioned, sitting alone near the head of a valley that runs for four miles down to the sea at Dawlish.
Ashcombe Church is beautifully positioned, sitting alone near the head of a valley that runs for four miles down to the sea at Dawlish.
Ashcombe Church is a rare example of thirteenth century Devon church, originally cruciform, a north aisle added in the sixteenth century.
This very rural church is very much a church out of deep time, especially as it is very much a 14th century structure.
This very rural church is very much a church out of deep time, especially as it is very much a 14th century structure.
The present structure is relatively early for Devon, dating from the fourteenth century with fifteenth century additions.
Holbeton Church is a magnificent fusion of old and quality Victorian that John Dando Sedding brought with his gorgeous restoration of 1885
Holbeton Church is a magnificent fusion of old and quality Victorian that John Dando Sedding brought with his gorgeous restoration of 1885
Holbeton Church of All Saints is an explosion of creativity crossing several centuries, a rainbow coral reef with beauties darting in and out
Stoke Fleming is in a beautiful position on a coastal hill, and its tower was used for centuries as a look out…
Stoke Fleming is in a beautiful position on a coastal hill, and its tower was used for centuries as a look out…
An old church this, sitting on its hill commanding marvellous sea views. The present structure was built in the thirteenth century…
Trusham church is a real delicacy perched on a hilltop in a pretty little South Devon village at the entrance to the Teign Valley.
Trusham church is a real delicacy perched on a hilltop in a pretty little South Devon village at the entrance to the Teign Valley.
Small as it is, the church is the oldest attested in the Teign Valley, held by the Abbey of Buckfast in the Domesday Book…
Bovey Tracey church is a delight to visit, not least because of its very pretty position on the edge of the town.
Bovey Tracey church is a delight to visit, not least because of its very pretty position on the edge of the town.
A large space, beautifully lit, with fine pillars and a rood screen beckoning. The north side has two aisles, the outer one was added in 1858.
Churchstow church is a deceptively simple church, well worth a close look. Its position for one, set on a local high point…
Churchstow church is a deceptively simple church, well worth a close look. Its position for one, set on a local high point…
Most of the roads leading to Churchstow church rise so gradually that its positioning on top of the world is a shock…
Ipplepen is a major South Devon church with Norman origins and a 15th century rebuild, and a some stunning treasures inside.
Ipplepen is a major South Devon church with Norman origins and a 15th century rebuild, and a some stunning treasures inside.
Mainly fifteenth century but goes backaways, as the Norman priest’s door shows and inside is a fine mixture of light and South Devon red stone
Inside the first impression is of light and space, a big church with minimal stained glass, and then the graceful beerstone arches…
Inside the first impression is of light and space, a big church with minimal stained glass, and then the graceful beerstone arches…
WIth a spacious interior, medieval textiles, and lovely stained glass this church does justice to its beautiful coastal parish.
The present church is mainly 15th century in a grand position on a hillside overlooking the pretty village.
The present church is mainly 15th century in a grand position on a hillside overlooking the pretty village.
It is a big church inside as well, light and airy with plenty of echoes. The nave and chancel, seem to be 14th century the rest 15th.
A lovely south Devon church with a fine tower and vgood stonework on the exterior. The wood carving alone makes this a church worth visiting,
A lovely south Devon church with a fine tower and vgood stonework on the exterior. The wood carving alone makes this a church worth visiting,
A beautiful South Devon church, with the traditional big angular buttresses and that grey slate stone, half buried in the side of the hill
A lot of 14th century work in this lovely church, with beautiful subtle windows, effigies and great architecture.
A lot of 14th century work in this lovely church, with beautiful subtle windows, effigies and great architecture.
A beautiful 14th century church full of light and subtle windows, with plenty of pretty to keep us entranced, not least the wonderful pulpit.
There is a fine, stately interior, helped enormously by the flood of light through the page, clear windows.
Ermington church is magnificent, with a 13th century tower, 14th century spire and artful additions at various points thereafter.
There is a fine, stately interior, helped enormously by the flood of light through the page, clear windows.
It is a traditional moorland church, granite on granite on granite and all the better for that, set in a magical churchyard.
It is a traditional moorland church, granite on granite on granite and all the better for that, set in a magical churchyard.
Inside simplicity dominates, but not plainness, definitely not that; simple stone, simple medieval screen, simple benchends, simple roofboss…
A wonderful light-filled church on the edge of the Dart estuary, with near-clear large windows catching the gorgeous northern light…
A wonderful light-filled church on the edge of the Dart estuary, with near-clear large windows catching the gorgeous northern light…
Light, elegance and grace flood this House of Prayer, filling every corner and spilling back into the sky… and what a sky; a luminosity…
Torbryan church is a marvel. It is very rare to meet a church built from the ground up in only 20 years in the 1400s
It is a beauty, a rare example of a Perpendicular church built seamlessly just in a space of twenty years (1450-1470 since you asked).
The arcades flow up from the box pews with exquisitely carved capitals and bear the high ceilings with consummate grace…
This little old granite church way up in the clouds with a marvellous medieval roodscreen and an even more wondrous medieval pulpit, plus more treasures.
The inside is bare, stripped of nearly all its finery centuries ago, the operative word being ‘nearly’ here, because there is plenty of treasure still left.
The church is built from granite, as we would expect for a Dartmoor church, roughly shaped stones like the field walls streaming over the countryside.
One of the best 20th century collections of glass in Devon, atmosphere, woodwork, roofbosses, a great tower and newly renovated, Thurlestone is a beauty.
A striking church perched above the main village street near some of the best south Devon beaches, Thurlestone well repays a leisurely visit.
Stunning stained glass, beautiful woodwork, a red Norman font and an atmosphere of peace and care, Thurlestone is a wonderful church down in South Devon.