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Architectural Features

chancel and transepts possibly also C13 in origin

C15 aisles and chancel chapels.

purple natural slate C19 roofs with crested ridge tiles (except chancel)

S side has a probably C13 Early English hollow-chamfered doorway predating the chancel chapel with a probably C16 plank and studded door with a central cover strap over the hinges.

octagonal C15 rood loft stair turret abuts N chancel chapel on N side.

N transept has a square-headed 2-light E window, probably C16 in origin with cusped lights.

S aisle has two 3-light square-headed windows (heads renewed) with round-headed lights and rustic carving in the spandrels

Inside, the porch has a 2-bay 1844 roof matching the nave and chancel, stone benches and a double-chamfered medieval inner doorway with ribbed stops.

Blocked C15 doorway to rood loft stair.

Fittings: fine Norman font re-sited in the S transept with a carved freestone bowl with some remains of colouring on its original cylindrical stem with 4 added shafts.

Probably late C18 domed font cover.

Late C19 timber drum pulpit with blind tracery decoration.

Chancel with C19 brass communion rail with foliage decoration and C20 choir stalls.

Memorials: two C17 slate slabs set into the floor, one in the chancel and one in the S transept.

Stained glass: an interesting set, mostly by Beer of Exeter, the E window of the S chancel chapel probably by Beer and Driffield.

Unfortunately the backgrounds of several of the windows have been removed, leaving the figures isolated.

An early medieval church.

The 1844-45 restoration and the Beer stained glass represent an unusual combination of local architect and craftsman.

The undated and unsigned architect's drawing in the porch shows the proposal to re-site the font in the S transept.