Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade I Listed Building in Newton Abbot, Devon

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St Mary, Wolborough: church set on a hill outside Newton Abbot
St Mary, Wolborough: simple two-stage west tower, Perpendicular windows
St Mary, Wolborough: nave with polygonal piers & elaborate capitals with vine & foliage
St Mary, Wolborough: early c16 rood screen with Perpendicular panel tracery; saints in dado
St Mary, Wolborough: saints from early c16 rood screen dado; John Schorne, St Honorius, St Cosmo, St Damien, St Julian, St Irenaeus, St Faith & Abraham
St Mary, Wolborough: female saints from early c16 rood screen dado
St Mary, Wolborough: saints from early c16 rood screen dado; two bishops, an abbot & a priest
St Mary, Wolborough: saints from early c16 parclose screen
St Mary, Wolborough: monument to Richard Reynell of Forde, d.1634; Ionic & Corinthian columns support table & arch
St Mary, Wolborough: Richard Reynell of Forde, d.1634; lawyer & builder of Forde House
St Mary, Wolborough: Lucy Brandon, d.1652, wife of Richard Reynell of Forde & daughter of Robert Brandon, Chancellor of the City of London
St Mary, Wolborough: Jane, d.1633, daughter of Richard Reynell of Forde, married William Waller, later Parliamentary army officer
St Mary, Wolborough: John, son of Richard Reynell of Forde; died in infancy
St Mary, Wolborough: inscription from the monument to Richard Reynell of Forde, d.1634; two poems, the bottom right is an acrostic to his wife Lucy Reynell
St Mary, Wolborough: statue of Justice from the monument to Richard Reynell of Forde, d.1634
St Mary, Wolborough: statue of Time from the monument to Richard Reynell of Forde, d.1634