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St Mary And St Benedict

Buckland Brewer

Devon

East end of south aisle is attached to a late C19 passage with crenellated wall: this is attached to a parish schoolroom, of C15 date and restored in 1880

Architectural Features

this has a Perpendicular-style east window of 1880 and a 2-bay south front with a pointed-arched doorway of 1880 and two C15 two-light cinquefoiled windows.

Four-bay south aisle has Decorated-style windows, with string course continued above C16 chamfered pointed-arched priest's door.

C15 gabled porch: C18 sundial above C15 doorway with shallow-arched moulded granite architrave

inside porch is medieval stoup and image niche above Norman doorway of c.1200.

imposts carved with interlaced round arches, and volute capitals to engaged columns.

Three-stage C15 west tower has full-height offset angle buttresses, and string courses: hood mould over plain granite 3-light C15 Perpendicular window with panel tracery above hood mould over pointed-arched doorway set in square-headed architrave

Interior: 2 late C19 piscinae, one with part of C14 cusped head.

C14 two-bay arcade, of double-chamfered arches and central octagonal pier with chamfered impost.

C15 five-bay arcade, with pointed moulded arches set on round piers with bell capitals.

South-east door of south aisle has moulded stone architrave carved with decoration of leaves, branches and shields.

Fittings: late C19 choir stalls, benches, pulpit, lectern, and tower screen.

Early C18 gadrooned and urn-shaped pulpit.

Monuments: south aisle has tablet to William Radford Caddy, midshipman d. 1823, and John Caddy, d. 1822.

Nave has monument to Edward Lee of Orleigh, d. 1819, by Richards of Exeter with weeping woman and urn set on pyramid-shaped mount, swag-shaped tablet to Peter Pasmore, d. 1808, and brass to the bellfounder John William Taylor, d. 1906.

North chapel has group of fine monuments: memorial to Anthony Dennis, d. 1643, has 3 heraldic cartouches and nowy-headed pediment above kneeling figures flanked by Ionic columns, and informal group of children below.

Monument to Philip Venning, d. 1658 at age of six, of coloured marble with black slate inscriptions: obelisk set in broken scrolled pediment above keyed roundel which frames demi-figure.

Fine Baroque monument to John and Mary Davie : angels and flaming urns surmount nowy-headed pediment with heraldic achievement above architectural frame with Corinthian columns and standing angels