Church Ruins to East of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II* listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1951. A Medieval Chapel.
Church Ruins to East of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- eternal-rafter-linden
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1951
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church Ruins to East of Church of Holy Trinity, Church Hill, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 742 665
- Coordinates
- 50.48538, -3.77343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chapel ruins, possibly a detached chantry chapel, date back to around 1300 and are located to the east of the Church of Holy Trinity in Buckfastleigh. The structure is in a ruinous state, built from local grey slatestone rubble with freestone dressings. It is a roofless building with thick walls, of which the east wall, part of the south wall, and a small section of the north wall remain.
On the exterior, the walls feature putlock holes and a wide, deeply splayed east window, which is dressed with alternating bands of chamfered red and cream stone and includes a glazing rebate. The remaining dressings suggest that this window was trefoil-headed. The south side shows the remnants of a similarly decorated probable lancet window to the east, with its sill mended using mullions, as well as a doorway with a cranked relieving arch, though its dressings are missing. The east jamb of another window can also be found on this side. The north side retains fragmentary remains of the east jamb of yet another window.
Inside, there are fragmentary remains of wall plaster, and close inspection reveals traces of red and yellow painted decoration on the splay of the east window, making this an unusual survival.
Local climate
Church Ruins to East of Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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