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Church of St Michael

A Grade II* Listed Building in Farway, Devon

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  • Church of St Michael, Farway

  • St Michael: two-stage c15 Perpendicular west tower; battlements & gargoyles

  • St Michael: nave of Norman pillars with scalloped capitals; c13 double chamfered arches; c14 east window with reticulated tracery

  • St Michael: tomb of Sir Edmund Prideaux 1628 with his son or grandson below

  • St Michael: Edmund Prideaux 1628 in lawyer's robes; 'IN MEMORIE OF SR EDMOND PRIDEAVX BARONETTE WHO DYED Y 8TH DAY OF MARCH ANNO DOMINI 1628'

  • St Michael: Edmund Prideaux, 1628; builder of Netherton Hall

  • St Michael: Peter Prideaux in armour & high boots, either Edmund’s son or grandson

  • St Michael: Peter Prideaux, 1705; marble tablet with putti heads

  • St Michael: Peter Prideaux, 1705; commemorating Grenville marriage

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Entry Name: Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 22 February 1955

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1309200

English Heritage Legacy ID: 88745

ID on this website: 101309200

Location: St Michael's Church, Church Green, East Devon, EX24

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Farway

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Farway St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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