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Church of St Matthew

A Grade I Listed Building in Coldridge, Devon

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  • St Matthew: formerly St Mary, c15 Perpendicular church just north of Dartmoor; west tower c.1440 with diagonal buttresses

  • St Matthew: c15 nave with granite piers, renovated 1897

  • St Matthew: c15 rood screen crossing nave & aisles with Devonshire tracery & ribbed coving; early c15 timber pulpit in foreground with nodding ogees

  • St Matthew: c.1480 glass representing Edward Prince of Wales, later Edward V

  • St Matthew: early c16 effigy of John Evans in armour covered with a cloak, described as a deer park keeper at Coldridge for the Marquess of Dorset

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Entry Name: Church of St Matthew

Listing Date: 26 August 1965

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1106595

English Heritage Legacy ID: 95568

ID on this website: 101106595

Location: St Matthew's Church, Coldridge, Mid Devon, EX17

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Coldridge

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Coldridge St Matthew

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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