Church Of St Pancras

The Church of St Pancras is a parish church located in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, dating from the 15th century and restored in 1874 and subsequent years. The tower and nave roof were repaired after being struck by lightning in 1638. The tower, along with the south and east sides of the church, is constructed of granite ashlar, while the remainder is made of granite rubble, all topped with slated roofs. The church features a nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel, north and south chancel chapels, a south porch, and a west tower, with a vestry of some antiquity on the north side of the north chancel chapel.

The windows are in the Perpendicular style and include a significant amount of unrestored work, primarily in granite, with some heavily restored limestone at the east end. The arches are mostly pointed, except for those on the north and south sides of the nave and the south side of the south chancel chapel, which have three cinquefoiled lights under a flat arch. There is a Tudor priest's door on the south side of the chancel and a blocked doorway with a pointed arch in the west wall of the north aisle. The south porch is single-storeyed, featuring moulded inner and outer doorways with pointed arches and a wagon roof.

The tower, a later addition, is a notable local landmark with three stages, clasping buttresses with offsets that support pinnacles, and a crenellated parapet with large octagonal pinnacles at each corner. It has a heavily moulded west door and unusually elaborate belfry openings of three lights.

Inside, the nave and chancel have a continuous arcade of six arches on each side, supported by octagonal columns with double-chamfered arches. The tower arch is moulded with attached shafts, and the transepts feature moulded four-centred wooden arches. There are simple piscinas in the south transept and chancel chapel, as well as in the south wall of the chancel. A stone rood stair is located in the north chancel chapel, and wagon roofs are present throughout. The lower part of a medieval wood screen with painted figures spans the nave and aisles, and there are some 17th-century granite tomb slabs.