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St Mary

St Mary

Devizes

Wiltshire

Of Norman origin but rebuilt in Cl5 except for chancel, with west tower, aisles and nave

Architectural Features

Gargoyles and battlement cresting with pinnacles

Norman chancel with characteristic square stone blocks, flat buttresses and corbel table

East window Victorian but above on gable end of C15 body an original canopied niche with Cl5 statue of the Virgin

2 storeyed crenellated south porch, the entrance with reused Norman zig zag bands up the arch

The C15 body of the church has a fine timber roof, low pitch over the nave with tie beams and tracery over