St Philip & St James
Ilfracombe, Devon
Pip and Jim’s is a dramatic Victorian landmark in the harbour area of Ilfracombe.
St Peter’s was built just over 100 years ago from local materials and entirely by local subscription.
The 19th Century Oxford Movement sought to restore “the beauty of holiness” to everyday worship and to engage the senses as well as the minds and hearts of God’s people in their worship. Here is colour and movement to delight the eye; incense which engages our sense of smell; we taste in receiving the sacrament; we touch in manual gestures and exchanging the peace; we hear God’s Word and sing his praise.