Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Uffculme, Devon

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St. Mary's Church
Bell Tower
St Mary: externally mostly a Victorian church rebuilt in the 1840s; broach spire with crocketed corner pinnacles
St Mary: view from the south-east showing two south aisles
St Mary: nave looking east towards early c15 screen (67 ft wide) reaching across nave & aisles; the extreme ends remade in 1849
St Mary: nave with arcades, the north with circular piers of c13/c14, the south c15 Perpendicular with capitals only on the shafts
St Mary: Victorian east window; bright coloured mosaic of 1843
St Mary: centre section of screen dating from c.1420 representing earliest variety in the county featuring solid framework
St Mary: six-light doorway from the early c15 rood screen showing original colour
St Mary: detail of deep-cut fan vaulted coving & three-ordered cornice from the early c15 rood screen
St Mary: early c18 pulpit (c.1719) with added Flemish c16 panel showing the Ascension
St Mary: arms from the c18 pulpit
St Mary: combination of three Walrond monuments
St Mary: detail from the Walrond monument showing the date of 1663 & one of the shields
St Mary: portrait showing William (i) Walrond of Bradfield, d.1627; bare headed & wearing ruff
St Mary: portrait showing William (ii) Walrond of Bradfield, d.1667, moustached, long hair & scullcap
St Mary: one of three carvings from the Walrond monument, erected 1663, showing Devonshire women depicted as the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope & Charity
St Mary: one of three carvings from the Walrond monument, erected 1663, showing Devonshire women depicted as the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope & Charity
St Mary: one of three carvings from the Walrond monument, erected 1663, showing Devonshire women depicted as the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope & Charity
St Mary: arms from the Walrond monument, 1663, showing Walrond impaling Sanford of Cerne & arms of Speccot
St Mary: arms from the Walrond monument, erected 1663, showing Walrond quartering Duke
St Mary: figures from the second Walrond monument, removed from Kentisbeare showing the busts of probably Henry Walrond, d.1650, wife & son (who died young)
St Mary: bust of Henry Walrond of Bradfield, d.1650, with hand resting on book
St Mary: bust of Penelope Sydenham, wife of Henry Walrond of Bradfield
St Mary: child from the second Walrond monument; probably representing Henry, d.1638; hand rests on a skull
St Mary: reclining figure of the third Walrond monument; probably William (iii) d.1689