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The Holy Trinity

Drewsteignton

Devon

Early C16, chancel rebuilt with new vestry in 1863.

Architectural Features

Plan: C15 nave with lower chancel rebuilt in C19.

the north one earlier (maybe early C15), the south one late C15 - early C16 with contemporary 2-storey south porch

C15 west tower.

North aisle has original coping to gables, set back buttresses and 5-window front of 3-light windows with Perpendicular tracery and hoodmoulds with carved head label stops, another in east end and west end is blind.

The north aisle has a ceiled wagon roof with moulded ribs and purlins, good carved oak bosses and wallplate enriched with four leaf decoration.

Both have moulded piers with plain capitals but those to the south aisle are moulded Pevsner's Type A whilst those to the north aisle are Pevsner's Type B. Tiny round-headed doorway in south aisle to porch stair and north side of vestry has C15 2-centred arch to vestry.

A monument in the south aisle seems to blocking granite segmental-headed arch of former rood stair turret.

Walls are plastered and the flagged floor incorporates a high proportion of granite graveslabs dating from the C15, C16

C17 and C18.

Altar fronted carved with angels flanking the Agnus Dei C17 - style oak altar rail.

C16 style octagonal drum pulpit dated 1939.

Brass eagle lecturn dated 1895.

One C15 oak bench end carved with blind tracery has been preserved.

Norman-style Beerstone front built in 1893, a copy of the battered original now in the tower.

Timber Gothic tower screen is a first word war memorial.

C17 clock movement to rear of the nave.

C19 painted benefaction board to rear of south aisle records a gift of 1541.

Benefaction board to rear of south aisle records a gift of 1541.

Of the memorials the oldest, at the west end of the south aisle, is dated 1701 but the name is illegible.

The rest are C19, the best in memory of William Pensford and his wife Mary Some C19 stained glass.