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Church of St John the Baptist

A Grade I Listed Building in North Bovey, Devon

  • Church of St John the Baptist, North Bovey

  • Church of St John the Baptist, North Bovey

  • St John the Baptist: late c15 Perpendicular church at the foot of Dartmoor

  • St John the Baptist: unbuttressed west tower; buttressed aisles; Perpendicular window tracery partly renewed; single light window in chancel with four-centred head

  • St John the Baptist: view from the east

  • St John the Baptist: view from the north-east showing rood stair turret projection; plain lancet window in chancel

  • St John the Baptist: nave with arcades on octagonal granite piers with double chamfered four-centred arches; rebuilt late c15 screen across nave & aisles

  • St John the Baptist: ceiled wagon roof in chancel showing bosses

  • St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof depicting three rabbits, their ears meeting & forming a triangle

  • St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof said to depict King Edward I

  • St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof said to depict Eleanor of Castile, first wife of King Edward I

  • St John the Baptist: boss in chancel roof said to depict Margaret of France, second wife of King Edward I

  • St John the Baptist: c15 glass in north aisle window

  • St John the Baptist: detail of screen; coving missing; solid spandrels with blank tracery; single band cornice

  • St John the Baptist: statuette in screen door surround standing under a crocketed canopy

  • St John the Baptist: pulpit dating from 1910

  • St John the Baptist: altar made up from parts from a former rood screen

  • St John the Baptist: one of several memorial slabs to former rectors; William Lambert, d.1670, & wife Thomasine (Southcote), d.1665

  • St John the Baptist: one of several memorial slabs to former rectors; George Ivie, d.1704

  • St John the Baptist: memorial slab to Roger Weeks (Wykes), d.1652, & wife Mary (Fursdon), d.1684

  • St John the Baptist: example of one of many memorial slabs to members of the Crout family; Richard, d.1684, & wife Susanna, d.1709

  • St John the Baptist: example of one of many memorial slabs to members of the Crout family; Robert, d.1709

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Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 23 August 1955

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1097172

English Heritage Legacy ID: 85167

ID on this website: 101097172

Location: St John's Church, North Bovey, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: North Bovey

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: North Bovey St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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