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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Churston Ferrers

Devon

Red ridge-tiles crested with fleurs-de-lys.

Architectural Features

Above it is medieval carving of the Crucifixion flanked by the Two Marys

5-sided stair turret to former rood screen

one carved with arms of the Yarde family, another with mythical beasts.

C19 carved Gothic piscina in south wall of chancel.

Fittings: remains of medieval rood-screen, reset under tower arch.

Stone font with octagonal medieval base decorated with trefoil-headed panels

early C17 ogee font cover.

Late C17 six-sided pulpit with raised bolection-moulded panels.

Late medieval bench ends with arms of Ferrers, reset in chancel.

Glass: east window of south chancel chapel contains reset medieval glass.

Bells: 3 dating from before 1553

A fourth by Mordecai Cockey of Totnes, 1681.

Monuments: south aisle

mourning female figure and urn under a Gothic arch.

It had its own churchwardens in C17 however,

C9

in 1953 was described by the Archdeacon of Totnes as a 'parish by tradition'. : 1989-: 833-4