Historic Churches in Devon

A 14th-century church in idyllic countryside near Honiton. There is a Norman font and doorway, but the main interest is provided by a pair of 15th-century screens and wonderfully carved bench ends of the same period.
Northleigh, Devon, England, EX24 6DE

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century screens and bench ends

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Begun in the 12th century, St Mary's boasts a 15th-century tower screen and a 16th-century Flemish reredos. The nave capitals are carved with a variety of strange and grotesque figures, including a Green Man with foliage issuing from his mouth.
Ramsden Lane, Offwell, Devon, England, EX14 9SA

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Heritage Highlight: 15th century tower screen

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St Michaels is essentially a Victorian rebuilding of a 12th-century monastic church, itself a rebuilding of an 8th-century Saxon building. Look for a pair of 16th-century memorial brasses and memorial plaques to generations of the Duke family, lords of the manor.
Church Hill, Otterton, Devon, England, EX9 7JE

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Heritage Highlight: Early monastic origins

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Arguably the finest town church in Devon, a medieval gem built by Bishop Grandisson of Exeter in 1342 as a copy of Exeter Cathedral. Ornate 14th-century tombs of Grandisson's brother and sister-in-law, a 14th-century clock, and ornate medieval vaulting are just part of the charm of this wonderful historic building.
1 Paternoster Row, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, EX11 1DP

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century clock and Grandisson canopied tombs

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A country church on the edge of Exmoor. St Petrock's Church is of medieval origin, but the interior is a Georgian delight; a time capsule of 18th-century decoration and furnishings that have remained essentially unchanged since the Georgian period.
Church Lane, Parracombe, Devon, England, EX31 4RJ

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Heritage Highlight: Unaltered Georgian furnishings

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An ancient church with its roots in the 8th century, St Andrews is essentially a 15th-century church, but was heavily bombed in WWII and served for a time as Plymouth's 'Garden Church', it is now restored and open to visitors.
Royal Parade, Plymouth, Devon, England, PL1 2AD

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Heritage Highlight: Connections with Sir Francis Drake and Katherine of Aragon

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St John's is a 14th-century church, possibly on the site of a Saxon church. There is an 1100-year-old yew in the churchyard, near a Celtic cross. Within is a marvellous 15th-century painted rood screen and a 16th-century Flemish alabaster carving.
Plymtree, Devon, England, EX15 2JU

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 15th-century carved and painted rood screen

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The church of St Michael and All Angels in Princetown holds the dubious distinction of being the only church in England to be built by prisoners of war (see also the Italian Chapel in Orkney, built by Italian POWs during WWII).
Tavistock Road, Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon, England, PL20 6RE

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St Thomas' dates mainly to the 15th century, with a late Norman tower. The interior was heavily restored in the 19th century, but the Victorians preserved 23 medieval bench ends. Look for the 'Alphabet Bell', probably dating to the mid-16th century.
Puddington, Devon, England, EX16 8PJ

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval bench ends

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An ancient church in a dramatic setting on cliffs overlooking Stoke Bay, St Peter the Poor Fisherman is traditionally thought to date to Saxon times, though subsequent examination can only verify an early medieval date. The information panel carefully says only that it was built 'at some time prior to the 13th century'.
Stoke Beach, Noss Mayo, Revelstoke, Devon, England

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