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Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Kelly, Devon

  • St Mary: granite ashlar west tower rebuilt 1835 after lightning strike; polygonal pinnacles

  • St Mary: chancel windows in Perpendicular style added 1710

  • St Mary: late c15 Perpendicular nave with north arcade of fourcentred arches; five-light c19 east window

  • St Mary: c15 north aisle roof

  • St Mary: c14 capital with head on south side of chancel arch

  • St Mary: late c15 window at east wall of north aisle extensively restored 1879; Edward the Confessor, Mary, the Crucifixion & St John; Angels with shields above

  • St Mary: memorial to Richard Edgecumbe, rector of Kelly, d.1724; pedimented wall monument with oval inscription

  • St Mary: oval inscription from the monument to Richard Edgecumbe, d.1724, stating he was responsible for the chancel windows of 1710

  • St Mary: Latin inscription from the memorial to Richard Edgecumbe, rector of Kelly, d.1724

  • St Mary: three slate slabs to three members of the Kelly family, 1594, 1605 & 1627, set on the east wall of the north chancel chapel

  • St Mary: slate memorial to Oliver Kelly of Kelly, d.1594

  • St Mary: slate memorial to Thomas Kelly of Kelly, d.1605

  • St Mary: slate memorial to William Kelly d.1627

  • St Mary: memorial to William Hancock Kelly, d.1811 aged 60; Vice Admiral of the Blue

  • St Mary: memorial to Edward Kelly of Camplehay, d.1831; Captain of the 51st Light Infantry Regiment

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 21 March 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1104815

English Heritage Legacy ID: 92329

ID on this website: 101104815

Location: St Mary's Church, Kelly, West Devon, PL16

County: Devon

District: West Devon

Civil Parish: Kelly

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

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