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St Mary

East Worlington

Devon

C12 origins, C15 chancel

Architectural Features

nave C12 doorway the only feature remaining from the earlier church

Loose neo-Norman style, simple and on a very small scale, not typical of the 1870's.

3-bay nave with 2 hook-shafted semi-circular head windows to the south, 3 C15 style 2-light square- headed windows to the north, (copies of earlier windows?).

Chancel with a semi- circular head Norman lancet to the north, 2 cinquefoiled square-headed C15 2-light windows to the south, east window of the restoration with C13-type intersecting tracery (a copy of an earlier window?).

Simple gabled porch, Norman inner doorway, the outer arch moulding with zig-zag rests on a beak-head to the left, 3 inner arch bands of saltaire crosses.

Concrete, tile, and encaustic tile floors.

Neo-Norman tower and chancel arches.

Most fittings remain from 1879 including simple stained pine pews, neo-Norman font with cover, pulpit, lectern, choir stalls, reader and altar rails.

Good wall monument to chancel of 1668 to Bridget Colman, central inscription panel, below stage with flanking cherubs, achievement over.

4 early and mid C19 wall monuments in Classical style.

Stained glass to south chancel window.

C15 style, top light C15, remainder late C19 work.

Nave windows and windows under tower with cast-iron casements, diamond-paned lights, obscured glass.

Stuart Royal Arms in nave, C20 overpainting.