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Church of St Michael

A Grade I Listed Building in Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey, Devon

  • St Michael: mainly c15, restored 1889

  • St Michael: c15 west tower, unbuttressed with pinnacles; south porch of 1889 with niche of St Stephen

  • St Michael: south doorway

  • St Michael: hinge on south door allegedly forged by Michael Joseph an Gof

  • St Michael: dated inscription to churchwarden on south door

  • St Michael: c15 nave with wagon roof

  • St Michael: north arcade with low piers of clustered shafts & varied capitals decorated with foliage & faces

  • St Michael: c15 capital with mermaid carving

  • St Michael: c15 glass in east window of Lady Chapel; angels flank St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke & St John

  • St Michael: c16 Renaissance style bench ends

  • St Michael: c16 bench end with arms of Pollard

  • St Michael: c16 bench end; Trevelyan & Cockworthy arms

  • St Michael: effigy probably representing Elizabeth Pollard (nee Cornowe) d.1430; children in folds of mantle

  • St Michael: Elizabeth Pollard, d.1430; horned headdress

  • St Michael: slabs to Anthony Pollard, d.1589, & wife Johane Stucley, d.1599; Rolle monument on the right, 1714

  • St Michael: monument to Arthur Pollard, d.1633, & wife Johane, d.1622

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Entry Name: Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 25 February 1965

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1325319

English Heritage Legacy ID: 98758

ID on this website: 101325319

Location: St Michael's Church, Horwood, North Devon, EX39

County: Devon

District: North Devon

Civil Parish: Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Horwood St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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