St James, Swimbridge
The church is best known for its uncommonly lavish furnishings, it is a treasure house of gothic and renaissance carvings and memorials.
The church is best known for its uncommonly lavish furnishings, it is a treasure house of gothic and renaissance carvings and memorials.
Visit the former collegiate church, built in 1342 and walk streets once trodden by the town’s most famous son, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Founded near a holy well associated with St Nectan, who lived and was martyred here in the mid 5th century.
A friendly welcoming medieval church open for worship and visits within the beautiful Dartmoor National Park, St Michael’s has the finest collection of floor ledger stones of any Dartmoor church.
Contains a fine collection of memorials, particularly those to the Earls of Bath and their family and other connections.
Among the oldest and most significant churches of Devon, it probably dates back to 995 but there is Saxon carving on stones hidden in the turret staircase.
Find eleven centuries of history in our yew tree, one of the finest rood screens in Devon, remarkable pew ends and 400 year old Flemish carvings.
One of the grandest parish churches in Devon and where Mendelssohn's ‘Wedding March’ was first performed on 2nd June 1847.
One of the iconic landmarks of West Devon, St Michael de Rupe was founded in 1130 by the local landowner Robert Giffard and is the highest working church in England.
The Devon Historic Churches Trust is dedicated to funding repairs and maintenance to places of Christian worship throughout Devon.
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