St Mary: church of cruciform design originally c13 with c15 additions
St Mary: c13 two stage tapering west tower, spire added c15; battlements set on corbel table; 1803 slate sundial over porch
St Mary: view from the south east; transepts added c13, the Lady chapel added c15
St Mary: large three-light Perpendicular west window probably inserted late c14; doorway with two-centred arch, the ancient door recently restored
St Mary: nave and chancel in one with five-light c15 Perpendicular east window; c15 wagon roof with bosses
St Mary: arcades on octagonal granite piers with double chamfered arches
St Mary: interior wall of chancel decorated with sgraffiti, 1870, of simple geometric patterns & floral motifs
St Mary: rood screen across nave & aisles originally carved c15; coving & cornice renewed or restored by Violet Pinwill, 1911
St Mary: Perpendicular tracery from the c15 rood screen
St Mary: detail of cornice over rood screen; part of the Pinwill work of 1911
St Mary: memorial window in north aisle of the Virgin Mary & St Elizabeth to two Carew sisters
St Mary: Norman font; bowl & stem of red sandstone, the bowl surrounded by shallow flutings
St Mary: memorial to Elizabeth (d.1674), Wilmot (d.1678) & James (d.1691) children of Samuel Cory & Dorothy Bampfield of Poltimore
St Mary: memorial to Philip Luscombe of Rattery, d.1794, his wife Grace, d.1786, son Philip, d.1838 & his wife Grace Maye, d.1845
St Mary: memorial to Walter Palk, d.1819, & wife Elizabeth, d.1828
St Mary: memorial to Elizabeth Constance Carew, d.1863, daughter of Thomas Carew of Rattery & granddaughter of Henry Darrell Carew, 7th Baronet of Haccombe
St Mary: memorial slab to Wilmot (nee Cary of Clovelly), d. c.1608, wife of Richard Savery of Rattery
St Mary: one of several memorial slabs to the Pyne family; this one to Elizabeth (nee Quicke of Newton St Cyres), d.1745, wife of Thomas Pyne
Entry Name: Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 9 February 1961
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1147626
English Heritage Legacy ID: 99328
ID on this website: 101147626
Location: St Mary's Church, Rattery, South Hams, Devon, TQ10
County: Devon
District: South Hams
Civil Parish: Rattery
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Rattery The Blessed Virgin Mary
Church of England Diocese: Exeter