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Parish Church of St Swithun

A Grade I Listed Building in Woodbury, Devon

  • St Swithun: Perpendicular church, consecrated 1409

  • St Swithun: tall, buttressed west tower

  • St Swithun: nave with complex sectioned piers

  • St Swithun: painted & restored rood screen; four bays & doorway; cornice of leaves & fruit, cresting above

  • St Swithun: display of c14 tiles discovered in 2009

  • St Swithun: wooden figure on display at west end of church

  • St Swithun: monument probably to Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, d.1605, & wife Margaret Cooper of Winscombe; tomb chest with Ionic pillasters & strapwork; animals at feet

  • St Swithun: Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, d.1605; ceremonial, plate armour & ruff

  • St Swithun: Margaret Cooper of Winscombe, wife of Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, d.1605; ruff, embroidered front

  • St Swithun: one of many floor tomb slabs; John Cove, d.1627

  • St Swithun: one of many floor tomb slabs; Susanna Holwell, d. 1672

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Swithun

Listing Date: 30 June 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1104176

English Heritage Legacy ID: 88588

ID on this website: 101104176

Location: St Swithun's Church, Woodbury, East Devon, EX5

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Woodbury

Built-Up Area: Woodbury

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Woodbury with Exton

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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