St Swithun

largely rebuilt and the tower erected 1407-9

north aisle built by the Haydon family, early C16.

gargoyles

door with studded rails could be C16.

south doorway with medieval moulded arch and hood mould

comparatively long chancel, with 2 C19 2-light windows and medieval priest's door

shallow to north aisle, mostly C16.

note that the church in the later medieval period was held by the Vicars Choral of Exeter Cathedral which may account for the number of piscinas formerly serving side chapels).

Roofs: open wagon to north aisle, with bosses, presumably largely early C16

Furnishings: C15 octagonal stone font, quatrefoil to each panel, the muntins brought down to form the ribs of richly traceried coving and stem.

Screen, wooden, 5 bays, with medieval wainscotting and one tier of cornice, but largely remodelled and altered by Rev J L Fulford.

Pulpit: polygonal, Jacobean, panels below, arcading above.

Communion rails: Elizabethan and originally set up on 3 sides of the altar in 1640 in Laudian fashion, those parts removed now placed around the font

Corinthian fluted balusters, newels with carved ball finials, strapwork to rail.

2 bench ends, probably C15, at west end.

Some linenfold to choir stalls, with poppyheads carved by Rev J L Fulford.

C18 wainscotting, good early C20 woodwork in the World War I Memorial screen at east end of north aisle.

hatchments in transepts

Monuments: sanctuary, north wall, in its own recess but originally free standing.

16 good floor tomb slabs including one to Sir Henry Pollexfen, d. 1691 (Chief Justice of Common Pleas)

Glass: high class C16 fragments in south transept, east window and other pieces in north aisle.

Summary: a good, largely late-medieval church with a fine west tower , containing a varied group of monuments (including an excellent set of floor tomb slabs), furnishings and fittings, some of high quality.