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Church of St Gabriel and St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Stoke Gabriel, Devon

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  • St Mary & St Gabriel: c13 tower but mainly c15 Perpendicular church

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: interior restored 1878-9; c15 north & south aisles with moulded four-centred arches; piers with four shafts, carved foliage capitals

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: rood screen dating from c.1450, restored by Herbert Read in 1930

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: rood screen, c.1450, showing the frieze & vaulting

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: c15 pulpit (restored 1931) with fan spreading stem, thick nodding canopies

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: painted Apostles & Prophets on rood screen dado in the north aisle; these ones appear unrestored

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: painted Apostles & Prophets on rood screen dado across the nave; these ones have been heavily restored

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: Joane (nee Wills of Saltash), d.1660, wife of Roger Pomeroy of Sandridge

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: memorial to Arthur Champernowne of Modbury, d.1700

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: heart memorial to Tamosin (Wood?), d.1663, wife of Peter Lyde; surrounded by laurel branches

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: c18 memorial

  • St Mary & St Gabriel: memorial to James Rowe, d.1743, & other family members including his son in law, William Cary of Stoke Gabriel & William's daughters

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Entry Name: Church of St Gabriel and St Mary

Listing Date: 9 February 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1108497

English Heritage Legacy ID: 100666

ID on this website: 101108497

Location: Stoke Gabriel, South Hams, Devon, TQ9

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Stoke Gabriel

Built-Up Area: Stoke Gabriel

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Stoke Gabriel St Gabriel

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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