Church of St John the Baptist, North Bovey
Church of St John the Baptist, North Bovey
St John the Baptist: late c15 Perpendicular church at the foot of Dartmoor
St John the Baptist: unbuttressed west tower; buttressed aisles; Perpendicular window tracery partly renewed; single light window in chancel with four-centred head
St John the Baptist: view from the east
St John the Baptist: view from the north-east showing rood stair turret projection; plain lancet window in chancel
St John the Baptist: nave with arcades on octagonal granite piers with double chamfered four-centred arches; rebuilt late c15 screen across nave & aisles
St John the Baptist: ceiled wagon roof in chancel showing bosses
St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof depicting three rabbits, their ears meeting & forming a triangle
St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof said to depict King Edward I
St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof said to depict Eleanor of Castile, first wife of King Edward I
St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof said to depict Margaret of France, second wife of King Edward I
St John the Baptist: c15 glass in north aisle window
St John the Baptist: detail of screen; coving missing; solid spandrels with blank tracery; single band cornice
St John the Baptist: statuette in screen door surround standing under a crocketed canopy
St John the Baptist: pulpit dating from 1910
St John the Baptist: altar made up from parts from a former rood screen
St John the Baptist: one of several memorial slabs to former rectors; William Lambert, d.1670, & wife Thomasine (Southcote), d.1665
St John the Baptist: one of several memorial slabs to former rectors; George Ivie, d.1704
St John the Baptist: memorial slab to Roger Weeks (Wykes), d.1652, & wife Mary (Fursdon), d.1684
St John the Baptist: example of one of many memorial slabs to members of the Crout family; Richard, d.1684, & wife Susanna, d.1709
St John the Baptist: example of one of many memorial slabs to members of the Crout family; Robert, d.1709
Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist
Listing Date: 23 August 1955
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1097172
English Heritage Legacy ID: 85167
ID on this website: 101097172
Location: St John's Church, North Bovey, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: North Bovey
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: North Bovey St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Exeter