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Church of All Saints

A Grade I Listed Building in Holbeton, Devon

  • All Saints: mainly Perpendicular church; c13/14 west tower & spire totalling 113 feet; window tracery largely replaced during Victorian restoration

  • All Saints: Victorian south porch from 1885 with figure of Christ & angels; iron gate in doorway

  • All Saints: Perpendicular interior, four-centred arches restored by Sedding, 1885

  • All Saints: screen renewed by Sedding though base is original mid- c16

  • All Saints: Norman square font; two lions with tree between

  • All Saints: 23 members of the Hele family; the main figure representing Thomas Hele of Fleet, d.1670

  • All Saints: reclining figure of Thomas Hele of Fleet, first Baronet, d.1670

  • All Saints: upper tier of figures from the Hele monument representing Thomas Hele, d.1613, wife Juliana Smith of Exeter & their children

  • All Saints: middle tier of figures from the Hele monument representing Thomas Hele, d.1624, wife Bridget Champernowne of Modbury & their children

  • All Saints: probably Penelope Johnson, d.1630, first wife of Thomas Hele, first Baronet, d.1670

  • All Saints: probably Elizabeth Elways, d.1646, second wife of Thomas Hele, first Baronet, d.1670

  • All Saints: one of the sons of Thomas Hele, first Baronet, d.1670

  • All Saints: crest from the Hele monument

  • All Saints: separate slab commemorating Elizabeth Elways, d.1645/6, one of the wives of Thomas Hele, first Baronet of Fleet

  • All Saints: Elizabeth Bulteel of Fleet, 1835; mourning figure with sarcophagus

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Entry Name: Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 29 March 1960

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1107808

English Heritage Legacy ID: 100357

ID on this website: 101107808

Location: All Saints' Church, Holbeton, South Hams, Devon, PL8

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Holbeton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

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