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Church of St Michael

A Grade I Listed Building in Musbury, Devon

  • St Michael: mostly Victorian church apart from the tower; chancel 1865 & north aisle 1875

  • St Michael: view from the east; renewed three-light Perpendicular windows of 1865-1867

  • St Michael: c15 embattled west tower with polygonal stair turret

  • St Michael: north arcade with octagonal piers & double chamfered arches rebuilt 1874, south arcade is c15 with Cornish piers

  • St Michael: monument erected 1611 for three generations of Drakes of Ashe; kneeling figures adjacent to their wives

  • St Michael: John Drake of Ashe, d.1558

  • St Michael: inscription under John Drake, d.1558

  • St Michael: Bernard Drake of Ashe, d.1586

  • St Michael: inscription under Bernard Drake, d.1586

  • St Michael: John Drake of Ashe, d.1628, & wife Dorothy (Button of Alton Priors), d.1631

  • St Michael: inscription under John Drake, d.1628

  • St Michael: arms from the Drake memorial

  • St Michael: memorial slab to John Drake, second Baronet of Ashe, d.1684

  • St Michael: memorial slab to Elizabeth (nee Drake), d.1694, wife of John Briscoe of Boughton

  • St Michael: memorial slab to William Drake, d.1716, fourth Baronet of Ashe

  • St Michael: memorial slab to Judith Drake (nee Eveleigh), d.1701, wife of William Drake, fourth Baronet of Ashe, d.1716

  • St Michael: memorial slab to Thomas Warren, 1686, & wife Martha, d.1715

  • Church of St Michael

  • Church of St Michael

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Entry Name: Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 8 May 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1333564

English Heritage Legacy ID: 88110

ID on this website: 101333564

Location: St Michael's Church, Musbury, East Devon, EX13

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Musbury

Built-Up Area: Musbury

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Musbury St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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