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
Leusdon Church of St John the Baptist Description
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
Talaton Church of St James the Great Description
The church itself is a corker, a sweet exterior with wonders galore inside. This version is fifteenth century, with various restorations.
Sampford Spiney Church of St Mary Description
Sampford Spiney church is proper Dartmoor, hunkered down high on its western edge, a marvel of rubblestone and granite, a dark cave inside.
Shaldon Church of St Peter The Apostle Description
It is work of sensational genius, of dazzling imagination, of a painter in stone, a master architect carving a remarkable vision
Kelly Church of St Mary Description
The calm of Kelly Church almost matches the outside, but as a mere youngster only about six hundred years old it still has a bit to learn about peace and awe.
Woolacombe Church of St Sabinus Description
Designed by a famous Arts and Crafts architect, W D Caröe, using the local red stone that almost glows, with magnifico stained glass
Awliscombe Church of St Michael and All Angels Description
Awliscombe church of St Michael and All Angels is beaut. It seems to be mainly fifteenth century, though some put it a tad later.
Ashcombe Church of St Nectan Description
Ashcombe Church is a rare example of thirteenth century Devon church, originally cruciform, a north aisle added in the sixteenth century.
Northlew Church of St Thomas of Canterbury Description
A hoard of golden brown woodwork, the softly coloured granite pillars and the faded white plaster, all blossoming from the ruddy-red floor…
Sherford Church of St Martin Description
The present structure is relatively early for Devon, dating from the fourteenth century with fifteenth century additions.
Sourton Church of St Thomas of Canterbury Description
The chancel here is said to be fourteenth century, and the rest of the church fifteenth with restorations, the whole is a beauty
Holbeton Church of All Saints Description
Holbeton Church of All Saints is an explosion of creativity crossing several centuries, a rainbow coral reef with beauties darting in and out
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