St Werburgh: church facing squarely to open sea; rebuilt late c15, restored 1885
St Werburgh: entrance from the north; c14 tower with diagonal buttresses & stair turret up to battlements; triangular gable to east
St Werburgh: c15 nave & chancel in one; ceiled roof & bosses; four-centred arches with granite piers
St Werburgh: large Perpendicular east window; north window with ogee lights
St Werburgh: monument to John Hele, d.1608, & family
St Werburgh: reclining figures of John Hele, d.1608, & wife Mary (Warwick of Holbeton)
St Werburgh: John Hele, d.1608; lawyer & money lender
St Werburgh: sitting child at feet of Mary Warwick
St Werburgh: kneeling children from the John Hele monument, 1608
St Werburgh: inscription from the Hele monument, 1608
St Werburgh: marble monument to Elizabeth Calmady, Lady Narborough, d.1678
St Werburgh: shield from the monument to Elizabeth Calmady, d.1678
St Werburgh: Elizabeth Calmady, d.1678
St Werburgh: view out to sea from churchyard
Entry Name: Church of St Werburgh
Listing Date: 29 March 1960
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1169151
English Heritage Legacy ID: 100470
ID on this website: 101169151
Location: St Werburgh's Church, South Hams, Devon, PL9
County: Devon
District: South Hams
Civil Parish: Wembury
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon