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Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Southway, City of Plymouth

  • St Mary: heavily restored Perpendicular church, c.1500, rebuilt 1851

  • St Mary: Perpendicular west tower

  • St Mary: nave & chancel in one; wagon roof with bosses; granite piers on north side

  • St Mary: c15 stone effigies to members of the Gorges family

  • St Mary: c15 knight, probably John Gorges, the last of the male line

  • St Mary: c15 lady with horned headdress, wife of John Gorges

  • St Mary: monument to John Copleston, d.1608, & wife Susan (Pollard), restored 1894

  • St Mary: sons from the monument of John Copleston, d.1608

  • St Mary: daughters from the monument of John Copleston, d.1608

  • St Mary: inscription from the monument of John Copleston, d.1608

  • St Mary: Susanna Calmady (nee Copleston), d.1617 in childbirth

  • St Mary: Coplestone Bampfylde, d.1669, aged 10, sitting at table with books

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 25 January 1954

Last Amended: 9 November 1998

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1386426

English Heritage Legacy ID: 473813

ID on this website: 101386426

Location: St Mary's Church, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon, PL5

County: City of Plymouth

Electoral Ward/Division: Southway

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Plymouth

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

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