History in Structure

The Parish Church of Our Lady

A Grade I Listed Building in Upton Pyne, Devon

  • Our Lady: from the south; c15 three-light Perpendicular aisle window

  • Our Lady: from the south-east; priest's door & c15 two-light windows in chancel, three-light at east end of south aisle

  • Our Lady: c.1380 west tower with diagonal buttresses & stair turret; display of cusped niches; parapet & pinnacles replaced 1875

  • Our Lady: tower detail south; King David in the stairturret; evangelist in niche at top corner

  • Our Lady: tower detail, west end; two-light bell opening with transom; statue of Christ in Benediction

  • Our Lady: nave looking towards c13 chancel arch; Perpendicular south arcade with angels on eastern capital; north arcade rebuilt c19 as was the chancel

  • Our Lady: angels on eastern capital of south aisle carrying Pyne shields 'gules a chevron ermine between three pineapples or'

  • Our Lady: reredos, 1887, framing c18 Italian painting of the Last Supper (Jean Jouvenet)

  • Our Lady: window in the south aisle with German fragments dated 1630

  • Our Lady: German glass roundel, 1630, depicting the Agony in the Garden

  • Our Lady: German glass roundel, 1630, depicting the Road to Calvary

  • Our Lady: German glass, 1630, depicting the Crucifixion

  • Our Lady: monument to Edmund Larder of Upton Pyne, d.1521; feet on dog, head on helm

  • Our Lady: inscription from the monument to Edmund Larder of Upton Pyne, d.1521

  • Our Lady: memorial to Melior (nee Pyne of East Down), d.1703, wife of Nicholas Hooper

  • Our Lady: memorial to James Gay, rector, d.1720; uncle of John Gay, composer of the 'Beggar's Opera'

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Entry Name: The Parish Church of Our Lady

Listing Date: 30 June 1961

Last Amended: 25 October 1984

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1334009

English Heritage Legacy ID: 86129

ID on this website: 101334009

Location: Church of Our Lady, Upton Pyne, East Devon, EX5

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Upton Pyne

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Upton Pyne Church of our Lady

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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