Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
St Peter: looking south from nearby department store window; large c12 Norman towers flanking Gothic body of Decorated period; rebuilding from east to west over 70 years from terms of Bishop Bronescombe, c.1280 to Bishop Grandison, c.1350
St Peter: west front with image screen; last major part of building programme; west window, c.1340; figures completed c15
St Peter: flying buttresses over south nave aisle in late Decorated style; Norman (c12) south tower with blank arcading & blind oculi
St Peter: nave looking east, 319 feet long line of bosses through to chancel; lierne vaults, lozenge shaped piers with multiple shafts
St Peter: upper section of great east window; first glazed 1304, amended 1391; c.1470 glass similar to Doddiscombsleigh in three lower central panels (St Catherine on right)
St Peter: reredos in chapel of St Saviour (early c16); scenes of Annunciation, Mass of St Gregory & Nativity; badly damaged during Reformation
St Peter: tomb of Bishop Bronescombe, 1280; contemporary black basalt effigy but canopy with cusped four-centred arch is later, c.1442
St Peter: tomb of Bishop Edmund Stafford, d.1419; alabaster effigy with canopy around head
St Peter: one of two unidentified cross legged knights in surcoats; south choir aisle; possibly Sir Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, 1322
St Peter: tomb of Bishop Stapeldon, 1326; founder of Exeter College, Oxford; High Treasurer of England to Edward II; cusped & crocketed ogee arch
St Peter: Bishop Edmund Stafford (1344-1419)
St Peter: heavily restored tomb in south transept of Hugh Courtenay, second Earl of Devon (d.1377) & wife Margaret de Bohun (d.1391); intertwined Bohun swans at feet of lady
St Peter: tomb of Bishop Hugh Oldham, 1519; founder of Manchester Grammar School & co-founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; owls are rebus of name
St Peter: shrouded c16 cadaver in north choir aisle
St Peter: William Langeton, 1413; canon of Exeter
St Peter: minstrel’s gallery added c.1360 with angels playing various instruments (trumpet, bagpipes, harp, gittern, etc.)
St Peter: astronomical clock, c15, donated by Bishop Courtenay in 1484; central sphere represents the earth, lis the sun; c.1508 wall painting of the Resurrection
St Peter: c15 screen (restored 1978) with painting of the Annunciation
Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
Font dated 1692, Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
Choir and East window, Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter
The Bishop's throne was made in the early 14th century using local Devon oak and is 18m (59ft) tall.
Pulpitum, Cathedral of St Peter, Exeter
Section of vaulted ceiling, Cathedral of St Peter, Exeter
St Peter: Peter Carew d.1575
St Peter: tomb of Gawain Carew d.1585 & nephew Peter d.1580 below
St Peter: Gawain Carew, 1585
St Peter: Mary (nee Wotton), second wife of Gawain Carew
St Peter: Carew heraldry at feet of Gawain Carew, 1585
St Peter: Peter Carew, killed at Battle of Glenmalure, 1580
St Peter: John Gilbert & wife Elizabeth (Chudleigh), 1596
St Peter: Elizabeth (Chudleigh), wife of John Gilbert
St Peter: monument to Anthony Harvey of Columb John, d.1564
St Peter: monument to Matthew Godwin, d.1586 aged 17; master of music at Exeter Cathedral; kneeling in profile among instruments
St Peter: William Cotton, Bishop of Exeter, d.1621, in episcopal dress
St Peter: Valentine Carey, Bishop of Exeter, d.1626; arched canopy on columns
St Peter: monument to John Dodderidge of Barnstaple, d.1628
St Peter: John Dodderidge of Barnstaple, d.1628; scarlet gown of judge in Court of King's Bench
St Peter: Dorothy (Bampfield of Poltimore) d.1614; wife of John Dodderidge
St Peter: Dorothy (Bampfield of Poltimore) d.1614, wife of John Dodderidge; flowered brocade
St Peter: Robert Hall, d.1667; Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral & Archdeacon of Cornwall
Entry Name: Cathedral Church of St Peter
Listing Date: 29 January 1953
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1333352
English Heritage Legacy ID: 88931
ID on this website: 101333352
Location: St Peter's Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, EX1
County: Devon
District: Exeter
Electoral Ward/Division: St David's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Exeter
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Exeter Cathedral
Church of England Diocese: Exeter