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Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Kentisbeare, Devon

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Kentisbeare

  • St Mary: view seen from the north; Perpendicular north aisle windows

  • St Mary: c14 west tower of chequered Beerstone & red sandstone

  • St Mary: close up of c14 west tower showing beasts at the corners

  • St Mary: Perpendicular nave & chancel in-one; wagon roofs; high quality capitals; Whiting aisle to the right

  • St Mary: capital behind the screen showing the arms of the London Merchant Adventurers; a woolsack on the left with John Whiting's personal emblem

  • St Mary: rood screen, c.1500, consisting of flat panels between pilasters, traceried four-light widows, fan vaulting & cornice

  • St Mary: rood screen, c.1500, carrying the arms of Whiting & stretching the width of the nave & south aisle; parclose screen behind

  • St Mary: rood screen detail, nave side, of fan vaulting & cornice with bands of grapes & vines

  • St Mary: rood screen vault, chancel side

  • St Mary: parclose screen between Whiting aisle & chancel; detail of cornice & arms of John Whiting

  • St Mary: arms on the parclose screen probably depicting Anne Pauncefoot, John Whiting's wife

  • St Mary: section of the mid c17 gallery at the west end of the church; given by Anstice Wescombe showing part of a long verse; arms of Wyndham on the left

  • St Mary: doorway that led to the rood loft

  • St Mary: tomb of John Whiting of Wood, d.1530, & wife Anne Pauncefoot of Compton

  • St Mary: arms from the tomb of John Whiting of Wood, d.1530, & wife Anne Pauncefoot of Compton

  • St Mary: tomb top to John Whiting of Wood, d.1530, & wife Anne Pauncefoot of Compton; indent to missing brasses

  • St Mary: brass inscription from the tomb to John Whiting of Wood, d.1530, & wife Anne Pauncefoot of Compton

  • St Mary: monument to Mary (nee Wotton of of Boughton Malherbe), d.1558, wife of Henry Guildford & later Gawain Carew; great aunt to Lady Jane Grey

  • St Mary: brass inscription to Mary (nee Wotton), d.1558, wife of Henry Guildford & later Gawain Carew

  • St Mary: shield from the monument to Mary Wotton, d.1558

  • St Mary: memorial to William Eveleigh, d.1671; open pediment & putti heads

  • St Mary: memorial to Rev'd George William Scott, d.1830, with a poem by his cousin Sir Walter Scott

  • St Mary: c17 panel in the Whiting chapel (from Bradfield Hall) relating to the Walrond family

  • St Mary: c17 panel in the Whiting chapel (from Bradfield Hall) relating to the Walrond family

  • St Mary: c17 panel in the Whiting chapel (from Bradfield Hall) relating to the Walrond family

  • St Mary: c17 panel in the Whiting chapel (from Bradfield Hall) relating to the Walrond family

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 5 April 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1106503

English Heritage Legacy ID: 95760

ID on this website: 101106503

Location: St Mary's Church, Kentisbeare, Mid Devon, EX15

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Kentisbeare

Built-Up Area: Kentisbeare

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Kentisbeare St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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