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Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Whimple, Devon

  • Church of St Mary, Whimple

  • St Mary: view from the south; ashlar tower, rest largely rebuilt in 1845; three light windows with Perpendicular tracery

  • St Mary: mostly Victorian with original tower, c15 to c16, twostages with buttresses, embattled parapet & corner pinnacles; square headed two-light belfry windows

  • St Mary: December evening view of the south side

  • St Mary: nave looking east with Perpendicular arcades; no chancel arch; reredos 1882; Decorated tracery in east window

  • St Mary: early c16 painted panels of saints from tower screen made in 1955; originally part of rood screen

  • St Mary: first panel of c16 saints; St Roch & Henry VI

  • St Mary; detail of Henry VI panel; hagiographical symbol of antelope with serrated horns & gorged with coronet

  • St Mary: second panel depicting St Clement & St Sebastian

  • St Mary: third panel depicting St Apollonia & St Barbara

  • St Mary: fourth panel depicting St John the Baptist & St Sidwell of Exeter

  • St Mary: memorial to John Hickes, rector of Whimple, d.1707

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 30 June 1961

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1163149

English Heritage Legacy ID: 86987

ID on this website: 101163149

Location: St Mary's Church, Whimple, East Devon, EX5

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Whimple

Built-Up Area: Whimple

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Whimple St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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