Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Berry Pomeroy, Devon

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St Mary: rebuilt c15 by Sir Richard de Pomeroy; large Perpendicular windows; c15 two-storeyed porch with embattled parapet; two-stage west tower with three-light bell openings
St Mary: north arcade of nave with two-centred arches on four-shaft piers
St Mary: c15 rood screen; original vaulted coving, frieze with vine & grapes, cresting above
St Mary: defaced figures of saints painted on rood screen dado; probably damaged by iconoclastic thugs in reign of Edward VI
St Mary: Seymour monument of 1613 with reclining figures
St Mary: c15 two-storeyed porch with embattled parapet; two-stage west tower with three-light bell openings
St Mary: nave with two-centred arches on four-shaft piers
St Mary: c15 rood screen; original vaulted coving, frieze with vine & grapes, cresting above
St Mary: c15 rood screen; original vaulted coving, frieze with vine & grapes, cresting above
St Mary: c15 rood screen; original vaulted coving, frieze with vine & grapes, cresting above
St Mary: heraldic glass in east window of south aisle featuring the arms of Pomeroy impaling Ralegh & Pomeroy alone
St Mary: monument to Richard Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy, d.1496, & wife Elizabeth (nee Denzel); tomb chest with two tiers of quatrefoils under a Tudor arch
St Mary: Seymour monument of 1613 with reclining figures; Edward, son of the Protector (d.1593), his son Lord Edward & the latter's wife & children
St Mary: Edward Seymour of Berry Pomeroy, d.1593; armoured figure holding baton of office; builder of mansion at Berry Pomeroy castle
St Mary: Edward Seymour of Berry Pomeroy, d.1613; created a Baronet by James I
St Mary: Elizabeth Champernowne of Dartington, d.1613, wife of Edward Seymour of Berry Pomeroy, d.1613, clasping a book
St Mary: arms from the Seymour monument, 1613, (gules two wings conjoined or)
St Mary: inscription from the Seymour monument, 1613
St Mary: five sons from the Seymour monument, 1613
St Mary: four daughters from the Seymour monument, 1613
St Mary: memorial slab to Robert Lyde, d.1615, & later descendants
St Mary: royal arms of William III
Church of St Mary