Parish Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Church.
Parish Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- wild-pewter-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of St George, Clyst St. George
- OS grid reference
- SX 984 889
- Coordinates
- 50.69096, -3.43968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St George is a parish church located in Clyst St George. The west tower dates from the early to mid-15th century, while the main body of the church was almost entirely rebuilt by Reverend H T Ellacombe between 1854 and 1855. This structure was later damaged by an incendiary bomb in 1940, and the post-war rebuilding, which did not replicate Ellacombe's design, was completed in 1952. The church is constructed of coursed rubble Heavitree stone and features a slate roof.
The layout includes a west tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, chancel, and a south-east vestry. The west tower has two stages and renewed battlementing, with a polygonal stair turret on the south-east side that rises above the battlements. It has set-back buttresses on the north and south sides, with three set-offs. Each side of the tower features two-light pointed belfry openings, a single-light square-headed window in the ringing chamber on the south side, and a renewed three-light window on the west. The west doorway is adorned with 15th-century composite moulded surrounds and bases. The tower's slim profile is typical of many churches in the Exeter area.
The north and south sides of the church have two and three-light square-headed windows, while the south porch is decorated with wavy, cusped bargeboarding. The vestry has a catslide roof. Inside, the tower arch features panelled responds and soffit. Two notable mural monuments survived the bombing: one is a brass memorial to Julian Osborne, who died in 1614, depicting a kneeling woman at a prayer desk with a shield above; the other is a monument erected by George Gibbs in 1708, which has a 17th-century style, featuring an inscription panel with putti flanked by Corinthian columns that support a scrolled pediment with a heraldic device.
Local climate
Parish Church of St George receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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