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Church of St Andrew

A Grade II* Listed Building in East Allington, Devon

  • St Andrew: c14, remodelled early c16, restored by William Cubitt 1875

  • St Andrew: early c16 three-stage tower, parapet on corbel table

  • St Andrew: nave with arcades of octagonal piers; windows & roof replaced in Cubitt restoration

  • St Andrew: pulpit, c.1545

  • St Andrew: Tudor decoration on pulpit; heraldic arms below including Fortescue, 'azure, a bend engrailed argent cotised or'

  • St Andrew: monument to John Fortescue (d.1649) & wife Sarah (Prideaux)

  • St Andrew: John Fortescue, d.1595, & wife Honor, d.1606

  • St Andrew: inscription from the brass of John Fortescue & wife Honor, 1595

  • St Andrew: brass inscription, c.1500, to John Fortescue & wife Margaret (Hingeston of Wonwell)

  • St Andrew: lady, early to mid c16, perhaps Elizabeth Fortescue of Fallapit who married Lewis Fortescue, Baron of the Exchequer

  • St Andrew: stone tablet with inscription, possibly referencing Elizabeth Fortescue of Fallapit

  • St Andrew: John Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1649

  • St Andrew: Sarah Prideaux of Netherton, d.1628, first wife of John Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1649

  • St Andrew: shields on the back of the monument to John Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1649

  • St Andrew: stone slab to Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit, Knight & Baronet, d.1666

  • St Andrew: stone slab to Sandys Fortescue, d.1683, son of Edmund

  • St Andrew: stone slab to Sarah, d.1685 aged 21, daughter of Edmund Fortescue

  • St Andrew: later monument to Edmund Fortescue, d.1734 & wife Mary Wyse of Dittisham, d.1722

  • St Andrew: inscription from monument to Edmund Fortescue, d.1734, & wife Mary Wyse of Dittisham, d.1722

  • St Andrew: Victorian alabaster reredos with Crucifixion scene in centre; gift of the Cubitts

  • St Andrew: heraldic shields on pulpit denoting marriages; Lewis Fortescue of Spriddlestone, d.1545, & Elizabeth Fortescue of Fallapit

  • St Andrew: heraldic shields on pulpit denoting marriages; John Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1595, & Honor Speccot of Thornbury, d.1606

  • St Andrew: heraldic shields on pulpit denoting marriages; Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1624, & Mary Champernowne of Modbury, d.1611

  • St Andrew: heraldic shields on pulpit denoting marriages; John Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1649, & Sarah Prideux of Netherton, d.1628, first wife

  • St Andrew: heraldic shields on pulpit denoting marriages; John Fortescue of Fallapit, d.1649, & Elizabeth Reynell of East Ogwell, d.1663, second wife

  • St Andrew: heraldic shields on pulpit denoting marriages; John Nicholls of Trewane in St Kew & Elizabeth Fortescue of Fallapit (daughter of Edmund)

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 26 January 1967

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1108031

English Heritage Legacy ID: 99835

ID on this website: 101108031

Location: St Andrew's Church, East Allington, South Hams, Devon, TQ9

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: East Allington

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: East Allington St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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