St Bartholomew

nave rebuilt in late C14 with new west tower

C15 north aisle and south porch

Slate roofs with red crested ridge tiles.

The C15 south porch is gabled with volcanic kneelers and granite coping and contains a plain round-headed outer arch below a presumably C19 nowy-headed slate sundial with brass arm.

Good interior: south porch has C15 open 2-bay wagon roof with moulded ribs and wall plate and simple bosses.

The C15 south doorway of volcanic stone and sandstone ashlar is an almost round-headed arch with chamfered surround and pyramid stops.

Above it the remains of a round-headed hood thought to be Norman or Transitional and above that is set a sandstone corbel carved as a knight's head, also Norman in character.

C14 tall tower arch of volcanic stone with chamfered surround.

C14 chancel arch of granite is almost round-headed and has a double hollow-chamfered arch ring and semi-octagonal responds with plain soffit-moulded imposts.

This C15 arcade is not fully joined to the respond column of the chancel arch.

Both nave and aisle have C15 open wagon roofs but they are not identical.

The 11-bay open wagon roof of the aisle is of higher quality with moulded ribs and a continuous wall plate which is carved as a fruiting vine and has a crenellated top.

Chancel roof of 1899 by Hems is a boarded wagon roof of 4 bays with a moulded wall plate enriched with carved fernleaf and crenellated top, cusped diagonal braces and carved bosses.

The tower has the C14 volcanic 2-centred arch to the stair turret and it contains a medieval studded plank door.

Chancel has a Gothic-style carved oak reredos of 1889 with contemporary credence to right.

surely too late in style to be those paid for in 1680 and recorded in the churchwarden's account.

The C19 chancel floor includes patterns of encaustic tiles.

Good, little-restored C15 Perpendicular oak rood screen of 5 bays with central doorway.

The square-headed 4-light windows have Perpendicular tracery on slender mullions and the head has a delicately-carved band of flowing vines.

The whole screen is brightly painted with gloss paint in 1984, the design said to be based on traces of the C16 decorative scheme.

C15 Perpendicular oak parclose is a light and simpler version of the north aisle screen, and is much-restored.

C18 oak pulpit with fielded panel sides and panelled pilasters to octagonal drum.

C19 brass lecturn.

C14 Decorated Beerstone font although carving probably recut in C19

circular plinth, octagonal stem with cinque foil-headed arcade and octagonal bowl, the rim decorated with small, shallow rectangular pellets with inscribed crosses between and the edges with cusped quatrefoils in panels above cusped canopy of carved acorns.

Aisle has C17 oak chest with panelled sides, probably the one bought in 1634 according tot he churchwarden's accounts.

Ring of 4 C18 bells, one by Penningtons of Exeter , the others by Bibbies of Cullompton 3 Beare and Driffield stained glass windows