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Church of Saint Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Molland, Devon

  • St Mary: mainly c15 Perpendicular church set in the domain of the recusant Courtenay family; most noted for its Georgian fittings

  • St Mary: approach to the church from the west

  • St Mary: mid c15 tower with diagonal buttresses; gargoyles at parapet level; c17 south porch

  • St Mary: c15 interior with north aisle added a century later; furnishings are Georgian (1740s) with a complete set of box pews

  • St Mary: niche with broken figure of a saint on one of the piers from the north arcade

  • St Mary: coat of arms on one of the pews; argent a chevron between three boars' heads; identity uncertain

  • St Mary: Norman square font with scalloped under edge & stumpy circular stem

  • St Mary: fragments of a late Perpendicular tomb chest with quatrefoils & Courtenay arms

  • St Mary: memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1660; angels with urns

  • St Mary: arms from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1660

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1660

  • St Mary: sub inscription on a roundel from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1660, to his wife Margaret Wyndham of Orchard, d.1684

  • St Mary: memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1724; two putti & open pediment with reclining angels

  • St Mary: arms from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1724

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1724

  • St Mary: sub inscription from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1724, with reference to his second surviving son George, d.1731

  • St Mary: memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1732

  • St Mary: arms from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1732

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1732

  • St Mary: oval panel from the memorial to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1732, showing the Ascension

  • St Mary: memorial to Rev'd Daniel Berry, d.1654, erected 1664; Corinthian columns, segmental pediment

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to Rev'd Daniel Berry, d.1654; arms above (or three bars gules)

  • St Mary: memorial to Frances & William Dovell, victims of the shipwreck of 'Adelaide' off Corunna, 1850

  • St Mary: memorial, slab, the earliest in the church, to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1510

  • St Mary: memorial slab to John Courtenay of Molland, d.1660

  • St Mary: memorial slab (partially hidden) to Susanna Sanford of Nynehead, wife of James Courtenay of Meshaw, d.1683

  • St Mary: memorial slab to John Courtenay, d.1682, son of John Courtenay of Molland & Amy Clifford

  • St Mary: slate memorial to Thomas & Sarah Pincombe, victims of the shipwreck of 'John of Plymouth' off the Manacles near St Keverne, Cornwall, 1855

  • Church of Saint Mary

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Entry Name: Church of Saint Mary

Listing Date: 20 February 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1288998

English Heritage Legacy ID: 398114

ID on this website: 101288998

Location: St Mary's Church, Molland, North Devon, EX36

County: Devon

District: North Devon

Civil Parish: Molland

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Molland St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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