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Church of St Martin

A Grade I Listed Building in Exminster, Devon

  • St Martin: all red church with Perpendicular west tower; diagonal buttresses and side turret

  • St Martin: nave with octagonal red sandstone piers, moulded capitals & double chamfered arches, restored 1841; rood screen with fan coving

  • St Martin: wagon roof of the south-east chapel by a member of the Tothill family of Peamore, 1633

  • St Martin: William Morris window, 1923, depicting musical angels

  • St Martin: white limestone monument to Otho Petre of Bowhay, d.1607, & family

  • St Martin: Otho Petre of Bowhay, d.1607, wife Frances (Southcote of Bovey Tracey), two sons & one daughter

  • St Martin: inscription from the monument to Otho Petre of Bowhay, d.1607

  • St Martin: alabaster monument to Grace Tothill of Peamore, d.1623 in her eighteenth year

  • St Martin: reclining figure of Grace Tothill, d.1623; ruff, mantle open at the front, tight-fitting bodice, long full skirt

  • St Martin: black & gold monument to Philippa Cooke of Kenbury (nee Thoms of Dartmouth), d.1690

  • St Martin: inscription from the monument to Philippa Cooke, d.1690, & her husband John Cooke of Kenbury, d.1695

  • St Martin: memorial inscription to Samuel Cooke of Kenbury, d.1740

  • Church of ST Martin

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Entry Name: Church of St Martin

Listing Date: 30 June 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1334270

English Heritage Legacy ID: 85452

ID on this website: 101334270

Location: St Martin's of Tours Church, Exminster, Teignbridge, Devon, EX6

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: Exminster

Built-Up Area: Exminster

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Exminster St Martin

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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