Photos by Tim

The Parish Church of St Mary

St Mary: red sandstone church dating from late c15 by William Bampfield, restored 1882

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: one of many floor tomb slabs; Susanna Holwell, d. 1672

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: one of many floor tomb slabs; John Cove, d.1627

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: Margaret Cooper of Winscombe, wife of Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, d.1605; ruff, embroidered front

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, d.1605; ceremonial, plate armour & ruff

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: monument probably to Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, d.1605, & wife Margaret Cooper of Winscombe; tomb chest with Ionic pillasters & strapwork; animals at feet

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Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: wooden figure on display at west end of church

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Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: display of c14 tiles discovered in 2009

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Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: painted & restored rood screen; four bays & doorway; cornice of leaves & fruit, cresting above

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: nave with complex sectioned piers

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: tall, buttressed west tower

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Swithun

St Swithun: Perpendicular church, consecrated 1409

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: modern statue of Walter Ralegh the Adventurer, close to the church

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

Church of All Saints

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: Joan Ralegh, d.1530, (nee Drake of Exmouth), wife of Walter Ralegh of Fardell & Hayes & step-mother of the Adventurer; incised floriated cross with backwards inscription

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: Perpendicular font

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: bench end with ship

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: bench end with strange fish

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: heraldic bench end

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: bench end, probably secular with tools

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: bench end dated 1537

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Church of All Saints

All Saints: series of c16 bench ends with variety of motifs

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Church of All Saints

All Saints: ceiled roof with repainted bosses

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Church of All Saints

All Saints: nave & chancel divided by rood screen

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: view from the south-east; Perpendicular windows

26 June 2017
Church of All Saints

All Saints: Perpendicular church, c.1420

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: lower half of monument to Richard Reynell of East Ogwell, d.1649; references to grandchildren Richard, d. 1660, Joanna, d.1662, Thomas, d.1675 as baby & daughter-in- law Mary (nee Benn

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: upper half of monument to Richard Reynell of East Ogwell, d.1649, & wives Mary (Reynell of Credy) & Dorothy

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: upper shield from the monument to Richard Reynell of East Ogwell, d.1585, reference to his parents

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: arms from the monument to Richard Reynell of East Ogwell, d.1585; fox crest

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: early Renaissance monument to Richard Reynell of East Ogwell, d.1585, & Agnes Southcote of Bovey Tracey; caryatids supporting entablature, steep pediment

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: details of rood screen

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: nave capital, a 'bad' dragon

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: nave capital, one heraldic

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: nave & south chapel entered through Victorian arch; c16 screen

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: nave with Perpendicular piers, near semicircular arches; restored 1885

26 June 2017
Church of St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew: c13 to c16 church adjacent to manor house; plain Early English west tower with polygonal stair turret

26 June 2017
Parish Church of St Decuman

St Decuman: detail of monument with portrait busts to John Wyndham, d.1645, & wife Joanna Portman of Orchard

23 June 2017
Parish Church of St Decuman

Parish Church of St Decuman

23 June 2017
Parish Church of St Decuman

St Decuman: monument with portrait busts to John Wyndham, d. 1645, & wife Joanna Portman of Orchard, d.1633

23 June 2017

British Listed Buildings

History in Structure

Photos by Tim