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Architectural Features

Slate roofs with crested ridge tiles, apex crosses to coped parapets.

The ribs spring from crenellated wall plates decorated with carved foliage and plain shields.

2 tall, probably late C16 straight- headed transomed windows with 4-centred arched lights to left and 3-light window in similar style but untransomed over the doorway.

Interior: much of the C15/C16 fabric survives.

Fine waggon roofs survive throughout, those to chancel and north aisle have carved armorial devices.

Variously carved bosses to every fourth moulded rib to each roof at the intersections of the transverse members.

Carved figures to the base of each moulded rib to the south transept roof.

C19 pattern tiles to chancel.

2 of the south side seats have foliated misericords.

Each bay of 2 lights with slender muntins which have carved angel figures at springing level, supporting richly carved ribbed coving with cornice of 3 bands above.

The loft of c.1530-40 has 4 full canted niche canopies, with richly carved cresting and pinnacled ogival heads.

The 7 panels are arranged so that 2 with painted shields flank a wide panel depicting the Royal Arms with 2 narrow panels to left to each side of a scripted panel, and a single narrow panel to right end.

Fine set of 7 pairs of poppy head bench ends to front of nave, carved and crocketted with interestingly varied blind Perpendicular tracery.

Pews to north aisle, rear of nave and base of tower, possibly C17, are also complete.

C15 font with octagonal bowl and stem, the bowl with blind quatrefoil panels to each facet, 4 of which clasp plain shields.

C19 pulpit.

Monuments: north chancel chapel.

Knight mid C13, cross-legged with band of foliage around the base, said to be Sir William Champernowne of Umberleigh.

Cluster of 3 chest tombs in east chancel arcade, the raised tomb with blind quatrefoil tracery to the base has 2 C14 figures, the male figure in armour, the female figure with square-cut head dress said to represent Sir Ralph Willington Kt and Lady Eleanor (Mohun) his wife.

Tomb on west side with brasses of Sir John Bassett flanked by his 2 wives with 2 groups of 5 children to left, 7 to right and 4 brasses of shields to each corner, that to top left is missing.

Wall monument, south side of chancel, C17 with medallions to centre of edges on each of the 4 sides, depicting angel bust above, skull below, anchor to left and hour glass to right.

Wall monument to west wall of south transept, early C18 Classical urn flanked by foliage.

East chancel window with stained glass by Clayton and Bell.

The window to north side of north chancel chapel contains much medieval glass, reworked in 1883 also by Clayton and Bell to depict the Coronation of the Virgin.