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Church of St Peter

A Grade I Listed Building in Ashwater, Devon

  • Church of St Peter, Ashwater

  • St Peter: mostly c14 & c15; late c15 unbuttressed west tower; Perpendicular windows throughout

  • St Peter: alternating octagonal buff stone & granite piers, c14 & c15 respectively; wagon roof; chancel rebuilt 1880

  • St Peter: south aisle added c15; also with wagon roof

  • St Peter: Norman font with faces at angles

  • St Peter: font detail; running animal on west side with symmetrical heads above

  • St Peter: c15 heraldic glass in east end of south aisle; next to Virgin Mary monogram, Courtenay quartering Redvers

  • St Peter: c15 heraldic glass; Carew impaling Carminowe

  • St Peter: tomb of Thomas Carminowe d.1442; cusped quatrefoils, double cusped arch; row of quatrefoils above

  • St Peter: Thomas Carminowe d.1442 & wife, Jane Hill of Shilston

  • St Peter: shield from the tomb of Thomas Carminowe, 1442; (a bend or on field of azure, label of three)

  • St Peter: shield from the tomb of Thomas Carminowe, 1442; Carminowe impaling Courtenay

  • St Peter: Royal Arms (1638) in south aisle

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Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 14 February 1985

Last Amended: 21 January 1986

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1164568

English Heritage Legacy ID: 90719

ID on this website: 101164568

Location: St Peter's Church, Ashwater, Torridge, Devon, EX21

County: Devon

District: Torridge

Civil Parish: Ashwater

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Ashwater St Peter ad Vincula

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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