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Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees

A Grade II* Listed Building in Cookbury, Devon

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: largely Norman church of which most of the work survives; remodelled c14; redundant in 1982 but reopened in 1987 as a Chapel of Ease

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: narrow west tower with pyramid roof; additional west transept

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: interior with Perpendicular north arcade of granite piers & depressed arches; Victorian screen of 1870 in Early English style

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: Perpendicular south transept known as the Dunsland aisle

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: three light east window with trefoil heads, c.1300; glass is modern (by Beer of Exeter)

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: altar made up of Perpendicular panels

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: eagle lectern next to Jacobean pulpit; the base from the early screen, the bird itself is Victorian

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: medieval bench end

  • St John & the Seven Maccabees: c17 floor tiles from Fremington clay of Barnstaple designs

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Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees

Listing Date: 14 February 1958

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1162728

English Heritage Legacy ID: 91589

ID on this website: 101162728

Location: St John the Baptist's Chapel, Cookbury, Torridge, Devon, EX22

County: Devon

District: Torridge

Civil Parish: Cookbury

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Bradford with Cookbury

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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