Historic Churches in Devon

Standing like an oasis amid the Guildhall Shopping Precinct is this early medieval treasure of a church, probably the oldest Christian site in Exeter. The church dates to at least 1191, but finds of Saxon carving suggest a much earlier origin.
Guildhall Shopping Precinct, Exeter, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: The oldest Christian site in Exeter

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A 13th and 14th-century church much remodelled in the Victorian period. Highlights include memorials to the Prideaux family of Netherton Hall, and a monument to Humphrey Hutchin, who found a hidden fortune in gold while ploughing a farm field and gave money to rebuild the north aisle.
Money Acre Road, Farway, Devon, England, EX24 6EQ

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Heritage Highlight: 17th-century Prideaux family memorial

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A large and spacious 14th-century church, heavily remodelled in the 18th century. The interiors have lovely 18th-century woodwork including box pews and a west gallery. There are wonderful tombs to the Beaumont and Putt families, heraldic glass, and a series of hatchments to the Putt family.
Gitiisham, Devon, England, EX14 3AH

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Heritage Highlight: Early 17th-century Beaumont tomb

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The 'Cathedral of North Devon' boasts one of the tallest towers in the county, which served as a navigation aid for sailors. Inside is a beautifully preserved 15th-century carved and painted screen, a Norman font, and fragments of carved stone from Hartland Abbey. Nearby is the holy well of Nectan, a 5th-century saint.
Stoke Road, Hartland, Devon, England, EX39 6DU

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Heritage Highlight: Glorious 1450 carved and painted chancel screen

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An attractive Victorian church in Romanesque style, designed in 1835 by Charles Fowler, the architect of Covent Garden Market in London. St Paul's has a striking bell tower, visible for miles across the Otter Valley. The interior boasts an 1838 painting by William Salter of The Entombment of Christ.
High Street, Honiton, Devon, England, EX14 1PG

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A lovely Perpendicular church with a chequerboard tower and a superb painted screen erected by a wealthy London merchant. There is a 17th-century gallery and the 16th-century tomb of Lady Jane Grey's great-aunt. In the chancel is a memorial to Sir Walter Scott's cousin George, who died of scarlet fever at the age of 26.
Priest Hill, Kentisbeare, Devon, England, EX15 2AA

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Heritage Highlight: Superb late medieval painted screen

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A 14th-century church of red sandstone, known for its beautifully carved 15th-century screen, painted with figures of saints and apostles. The 15th-century wooden pulpit was discovered in pieces in a cupboard and reassembled piece by piece. Look for the 1628 memorial to Sir Nicholas Martyn and his sister-in-law, Dulcebella Hodges.
Church Road, Kenton, Devon, England, EX6 8NG

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Heritage Highlight: Magnificent 15th-century painted screen

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Built by the Acland family of Killerton House as a private chapel to a collegiate design. Designed by C. R. Cockerell to emulate the Chapel of Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury Abbey. Beautiful oak furnishings and Victorian stained glass.
Killerton House, Budlake, Devon, England, EX5 3LB

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Heritage Highlight: A good example of High Victorian Gothic

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In a lonely location overlooking the Tamar Valley, on the border of Devon and Cornwall, Luffincott church has only a nearby farmhouse for company. The body of the church dates to the medieval period, with a striking west tower dating to 1791.
Luffincott, Devon, England, EX22 6RB

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St john's Church dates to the 13th century but stands within a raised oval churchyard suggesting much earlier origins. Highlights include a 6th-century carved stone, three medieval effigies, and a superbly carved Tudor chancel screen.
Lustleigh, Dartmoor, Devon, England, TQ13 9TA

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Heritage Highlight: 6th-century Datuidoc's Stone

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