Description

CLYST ST GEORGE CLYST ST GEORGE
SX 98 NE
2/7 Parish Church of St George
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- II

Parish church. Early to mid-C15 west tower; the body of the church almost entirely
rebuilt by Rev. H T Ellacombe in 1854-5, and this in turn was reduced to ruins by an
incendiary bomb in 1940; the post-war rebuilding (which was not a copy of
Ellacombe's work) was completed in 1952. Coursed rubble Heavitree stone. Slate
roof. West tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, chancel, south-east vestry.
West tower: 2 stages, with renewed battlementing. South-east polygonal stair
turret rises well above battlements. Set-back buttresses to north and south sides
only, 3 set-offs. 2-light pointed belfry openings to all sides; single-light
square-headed ringing chamber window to south; renewed 3-light west window; west
doorway with C15 composite moulded surrounds and bases. The tower has the slim
profile characteristic of many churches in the Exeter area.
2 and 3-light square-headed windows to north and south sides; south porch with
wavy, cusped bargeboarding; vestry under catslide roof.
Interior: Tower arch with panelled responds and soffit. 2 mural monuments of note
survived the bombing : (1) brass to Julian Osborne (d.1614), epitaph with kneeling
woman at prayer desk, and shield above; (2) monument erected by George Gibbs in 1708
and completely C17 in feel, inscription panel with putti flanked by Corinthian
columns that support scrolled pediment with heraldic device.

Listing NGR: SX9840588914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26493583

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)