Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade II* Listed Building in Washfield, Devon

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Washfield
St Mary: heavily restored church of late c15 origin
St Mary: renewed south aisle of 1875 restoration; trefoil headed windows in Perpendicular style; large porch with side windows & ornamental cross
St Mary: three-stage battlemented west tower with diagonal buttresses, restored 1901
St Mary: Perpendicular nave & arcade; renewed wagon roofs to nave & north aisle
St Mary: Jacobean chancel screen; round headed openings divided by Corinthian columns; achievements with Prince of Wales feathers & Royal Arms
St Mary: Jacobean chancel screen; cornice decorated with animal & foliage motifs
St Mary: detail of Jacobean chancel screen dated 1624, carved with name of Bernard Seridge
St Mary: royal arms of James I above chancel screen
St Mary: memorial to Alice (nee Fry of Yarty), d.1605, wife of Philip Steyning of Holnicote; erected by her son-in-law Bishop George Montgomery; long personalised poem
St Mary: brass plate from the memorial to Alice Steyning, d.1605
St Mary: brass plate from the memorial to Alice Steyning, d.1605
St Mary: memorial to Henry Worth of Washfield, d.1606; Corinthian columns; original marbling & colour
St Mary: brass plates from the memorial to Henry Worth, d.1606; figures of Henry Worth & two wives Mary Mallet (d.1581) & Bridget Fry (d.1637)
St Mary: inscription from the monument to Henry Worth of Washfield. d.1606
St Mary: memorial to Henry Worth of Washfield, d.1630, & members of his family, erected 1680; Corinthian columns
St Mary: inscription from the memorial to Henry Worth, d.1630
St Mary: arms from the memorial to Henry Worth, d.1630
St Mary: memorial to James Langford Nibbs of Beauchamp Hall, d.1795, & members of his family