Historic Churches in Devon

St Petrock's Church is a 13th-century building on the site of a much earlier Saxon church, perhaps founded by St Petrock himself. Highlights include a late Saxon font and 'The Watchmaker's Grave', a memorial to a local watchmaker with an epitaph comparing his life to the parts of a watch.
Lydford, Dartmoor, Devon, England, EX20 4BH

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Heritage Highlight: The Watchmaker's Grave, 1802

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St Winifred's Church, Manaton dates to the 15th century and features a beautiful Tudor rood screen, painted around 1500. Fragments of medieval glass that survived a 1779 lightning strike are in a north aisle window, while in the churchyard stands a medieval cross.
Manaton, Dartmoor, Devon, England, TQ13 9UJ

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Heritage Highlight: Superb Tudor rood screen

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This attractive country church dates to the 13th century, with 15th-century remodelling. The highlight is a beautifully carved 16th-century screen, plus carved bench ends of the same period. There are three medieval misericords and medieval floor tiles. The church stands beside Marwood Hill Garden.
Marwood, Devon, England, EX31 4EB

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Heritage Highlight: 16th-century screen

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A beautiful 14th and 15th-century church with untouched Georgian interiors. Look for monuments to generations of Courtenays, lords of the manor at West Molland, including a curious stone 'heart-box', said to hold the hearts of Courtenay family members.
Molland, Devon, England, EX36 3NG

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Heritage Highlight: Courtenay family 'heart-box'

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St Mary's is a late 15th-century church, with a beautifully carved late medieval screen. Look for the 15th-century effigies of a wealthy merchant and his wife, and ornate 17th-century wall monuments.
Church Street, Morchard Bishop, Devon, England, EX17 6PJ

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Heritage Highlight: Late 15th-century oak screen and pair of effigies

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St George's is a 15th-century church with a 13th-century saddleback tower. The interior was completely restored by William Butterfield in 1874 and is an excellent example of Butterfield's Victorian Gothic style. The oldest part of the interior is the 15th-century wagon roof of the north aisle.
B3190, Morebath, Devon, England, EX16 9AL

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century north aisle roof

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St Andrew's Church is a beautiful 15th-century building with a striking tower and external stair turret. Look for memorial a former rector, Francis Whiddon (d 1656) and a modern stained glass window to Dr Glynn Jones, depicting a football net and cricket stumps in memory of his work with local youths.
Fore Street, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor, Devon, England, TQ13 8LL

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Heritage Highlight: Francis Whiddon memorial, 1656

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A 15th-century church, much restored in the Victorian period. The highlight is the Drake family memorial, with three generations of Drake couples kneeling on a plinth. The Drakes owned Ashe, a manor house one mile distant, from 1415-1793.
Church Hill, Musbury, Devon, England, EX13 8DD

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Heritage Highlight: Drake family memorial

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A 14th-century church with an ornate memorial to Sir John Northcott (d. 1632). There is also an unusual royal coat of arms to James II and monuments to the Quicke family, lords of the manor for 400 years.
Church Lane, Newton St Cyres, Devon, England, EX5 5BN

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Heritage Highlight: Ornate 17th-century memorial to Sir John Northcott

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On the southern fringe of Dartmoor, North Huish church is a mainly 15th-century building in Decorated style. Though the interior was rebuilt during the Victorian period, the west tower and spire are essentially unaltered from their medieval state.
North Huish, Devon, England, TQ10 9NQ

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