Church of St Cuthbert

A Grade II* Listed Building in Widworthy, Devon

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St Cuthbert: mid to late c14 church of flint built to the memory of Sir William Prouz by his co-heiresses; single stage west tower with low buttresses
St Cuthbert: view from the south-east; restored Beerstone windows with cusped Y tracery
St Cuthbert: from the north; gothic late c19 memorial to members of the Marwood-Elton family in front of the transept
St Cuthbert: simple interior restored 1785
St Cuthbert: knight probably representing Sir William Prouz of Widworthy, d.1329, erected c.1400; feet rest on lion
St Cuthbert: knight, probably Sir William Prouz, d.1329; head rests on cushion supported by angels; bascinet with camail attached
St Cuthbert: memorial to Alice (nee Yonge of Ford), d.1685, wife of Sebastian Isack of Polslowe
St Cuthbert: inscription from the memorial to Alice Isack, d.1685
St Cuthbert: arms from the memorial to Alice Isack, d.1685
St Cuthbert: memorial to Robert Marwood of Cookshays, d.1733, & his sister Bridget, d.1736; urn over entablature
St Cuthbert: memorial to Thomas Marwood, d.1748, & his brothers; inscription now illegible; cartouche of drapery with cherubs heads; heraldic achievement in the apron
St Cuthbert: memorial to James Marwood, d.1767, by John Bacon with two richly draped allegories each side of garlanded urn
St Cuthbert: memorial by W. Pinder to Sarah Sealy of Avishays, d.1797, wife of James Marwood; female figure & two putti against a grey pyramid
St Cuthbert: tablet (below the memorial to Sarah Sealy) to James Marwood Elton, d.1827
St Cuthbert: arms from the tablet to James Marwood Elton, d.1827
St Cuthbert: memorial by Peter Rouw of London to James Thomas Benedictus Marwood, d.1811; three women grieving over sarcophagus
St Cuthbert: memorial to Thomas White, d.1838, steward to the Marwood family
St Cuthbert: memorial to Jacob Somaster, d.1748