Historic Churches in Devon

A mostly 15th-century church with a striking 16th-century tower. Within are a wonderful collection of medieval and Elizabethan memorials, including one to Sir John Acland (d. 1613) and another to Edward Drew (d. 1622) who sold nearby Killerton House to the Aclands.
Broadclyst, Devon, England, EX5 3EL

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Heritage Highlight: Ornate memorial to Sir John Acland (1613)
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A 15th-century church with remains of an earlier 13th-century building. Highlights include memorials to the Drewe family, lords of the manor for 300 years, and a very unusual late medieval font. Look for the plaque to Augustus Toplady, author of the hymn, 'Rock of Ages'.
Broadhembury, Devon, England, EX14 3NG

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Heritage Highlight: Unusual 15th-century font
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St Mary's church dates to the 12th century but most of the present building is 13th-15th century. The church possesses a superb late medieval chancel screen, probably carved by an immigrant master carver from Brittany. There is a 15th-century timber roof and a pair of 14th-century bells on display.
Northclose Road, Brushford, Devon, England, EX18 7SJ

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Heritage Highlight: Very unusual 15th-century chancel screen
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A 13th-century church extended in the 15th century. The highlight is an excellent Tudor screen, beautifully carved and decorated with the pomegranate symbol of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Look for several Green Man carvings and the Jacobean pulpit and altar rails.
Twitchen Lane, Burrington, Devon, England, EX37 9JG

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Heritage Highlight: Superb Tudor chancel screen
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St Michael's is a 15th-century church on the site of an earlier 12th-century building. The highlight is an exceptional stained glass panel of Christ displaying his wounds, by 'The Cadbury Master' workshop. Look for the tomb of George Fursdon, who died at the Battle of Lyme Regis in 1643, plus a Norman font and medieval bench end.
Cadbury, Devon, England, EX5 5LA

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Heritage Highlight: Exceptional 15th-century stained glass
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A 15th-century rebuilding of an earlier medieval church, St Bartholomew's boasts a marvellous early 17th-century monument erected by Sir Simon Leach in honour of his second wife, Katherine. There are box pews and gilded roof bosses in the nave and north aisle.
Cadeleigh, Devon, England, EX16 8HP

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Heritage Highlight: Superb early 17th-century Leach monument
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This attractive 13th-century church stands just off the market square in the historic stannary town of Chagford, Dartmoor. Highlights include the 1575 memorial of Sir John Whiddon and the tomb of his descendant Mary Whiddon, who was tragically killed by a jealous former suitor after leaving the church on her wedding day in 1641.
High Street, Chagford, Dartmoor, Devon, England, TQ13 8BN

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Heritage Highlight: Sir John Whiddon memorial, 1575
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A glorious Perpendicular church built on the site of St Hieritha's 7th-century martyrdom. The saint's grave is in a small passage at the east end of the church. Look for the ornate Giffard family memoria, a 14th-century parish chest, and a superb stone pulpit carved around 1500.
The Square, Chittlehampton, Devon, England, EX37 9QL

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Heritage Highlight: St Hieritha's grave
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A 14th and 15th-century church built by the wealth of local wool merchants. St Mary's features an excellent 15th-century rood screen with 17th-century figures of saints, a late medieval wagon roof, and 15th-century font.
New Street, Chulmleigh, Devon, England, EX18 7BR

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Heritage Highlight: Late medieval oak rood screen
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The Norman church of All Saints stands beside Clovelly Court, on the cliff-top above the famous Devon fishing village of Clovelly. The church contains memorials to the Cary family, lords of the manor, including a 15th-century brass to Sir William Cary, executed after the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
Clovelly Court, Clovelly, Devon, England, EX39 5SY

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century Cary brasses
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