Architectural Features
Cruciform plan: early C13 nave and chancel
tower of c.1300 to north east
early C14 south chapel.
early C13 two-light chamfered round-arched window to north with C19 mullion and sill
C13 chamfered lancet window to south.
South transept: early C14 quatrefoil light to east
hood mould over early C14 two-light south window with curvilinear tracery and C20 mullions
Three-stage north-east tower of c.1300 has offset corner buttresses to lower-stage
1300 Y-tracery 2-light window above blocked door to north
C13 lancet window beneath string course of belfry stage, which has Y-tracery 2-light windows of c.1300
In east gable of nave are label moulds over two C17 two-light mullioned windows,
a C14 trefoiled light.
to north side of nave is mid C19 two-light Decorated-style window and C13 lancet window flanking mid C19 porch with pointed-arched doorways and studded door.
Beautifully-carved reredos, with figures of angels and central nativity scene set in crocketed canopies, in memory of Rev. E.M.W. Sealy and his son Piscina restored with marble basin at same time.
C15 waggon roofs with moulded ribs and foliate-carved bosses to chancel (with some C19 restoration), nave and south transept: nave roof has carved figures holding shields which have emblems of various trade guilds, including fuller's tucker (a pair of scissors), carpenter's square, hammer and axe, and anchor, spade and mason's trowel
Fittings: chancel has late C19 choir tiles, encaustic sanctuary tiles laid by Henrietta Josepha Hatherly in memory of her sister, d. 1847, and marble floor laid in memory of Rev. R.W. Sealy, d. 1914.
Nave has late C19 chair and eagle lectern, and Gothic-style pulpit erected 1896.
Renaissance emblems as well as Christ bearing the Cross and emblems of the Passion and the initials J.W. and the woolstapler's mark: John Willett was responsible for the plasterwork dated 1616 at Coombe House (q.v).
Traceried bench front next to west door is mostly C19 but includes some C15 fragments and a vine-trail moulding.
The pews, built in 1724, have brass plates fixed to them, recording names of farms in the parish and which originated in a dispute about seating: the plates mark the seats alloted by a commission appointed in 1723 by the Bishop of Exeter.
heraldic achievement set above memorial to Margaretta Burges, d. 1721/2.
Memorial tablets in nave dated 1835, 1916 and 1917
also in nave is memorial to John Willett of Combe, d. 1736, which has heraldic achievement set in broken segmental pediment flanked by angels set above oval panel inscription panel surrounded by drapery swags flanked by scrolls and Corinthian columns.
Mid C19 and C20 brasses and tablets in north transept. (Buildings of England: North Devon, pp. 37-8
National Monuments Record