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St Bartholomew

Stoke Rivers

Devon

STOKE RIVERS STOKE RIVERS SS 63 NW 4/150 Church of St. Bartholomew 25.2.65 I Parish church, mainly late C15/early C16 but may be some earlier fabric.

Architectural Features

Tower of 3 stages with embattled parapet and stone gargoyles to each corner polygonal stair turret to south side with 2 small traceried windows above 5 slits.

South porch with plain carved bargeboard.

Medieval floor tiles survive in 3 groups, one near to base of tower arch, some reset around base of font and some very worn examples near to the south door.

Stone font with round stem and bowl, undecorated with lead lining and C16 cone cover 8-sided with moulded ribs swept up to crocketted finial.

Pulpit with octagonal drum with reused C16 bench ends on each of the exposed facets, 3 panels high to the sides, and two large panels to front all richly carved with repeated designs.

Altar table to south-side reuses C16 carved panelling with tall carved male figure on left side and male figure surmounted by female bust to right side.

Apron rail between carved "Revd.

Stained glass to east window dated 1889.

C17 chest in south aisle with carved lunettes above 3-panelled front.

Painted Royal Arms on aisle west wall.

Monuments: south side of aisle, from east end: weathered inscription to alabaster wall monument of 1661.

2 identical C19 marble wall monuments, one signed J. Clarke of Exeter to Hiern family.

North side of nave from east, a late C18 pedimented marble tablet with oval medallion to Hunt family, wall monument to John Tamlyn died 1816 with square marble tablet below with Latin inscription to Henry Parmienter dated 1791 and high Victorian Gothic monument to John Hutton.