Church Of St Peter And St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church Of St Peter And St Paul
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1967
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church dating to the 14th and 15th centuries, and restored in 1867. It is constructed of stone rubble with freestone dressings and a slate roof. A prominent feature is the ashlar embattled parapet on the south side of the nave and chancel, and on the north aisle. The 14th-century nave and chancel are combined, featuring restored two-light windows with reticulated tracery, and south and east windows with intersecting tracery. A single chamfered south doorway provides access, with a 18th-century panelled door within a 19th-century gabled porch. The north aisle has two tiers of four-centred and two-centred arch windows. A north vestry is also present. The west tower, dating to the 15th century, has diagonal buttresses, a square stair turret on the northeast corner, an embattled parapet decorated with grotesques, two-light bell openings, a three-light perpendicular window on the west, and a hollow-chamfered west doorway with a hood mould.
Inside, a three-bay north arcade features octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches, supporting a suspended balcony. The nave, chancel, and north aisle have 19th-century waggon roofs. The interior also contains 19th-century furnishings, which include a stone traceried screen. A carved Jacobean pulpit and a tomb chest, located immediately south of the church and dedicated to Thomas Scott (died 1795), are also notable.
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