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St Lawrence

St Lawrence

Bigbury

Devon

C15 but '.. all but rebuilt by J Sedding in 1872' (Pevsner).

Architectural Features

Chancel has two 2-light C14 type and 3-light east window with cinquefoil in circle in tracery, angle buttresses, north wall plain.

In chancel C14 piscina and ogee-headed sedilia

opposite is tomb recess with moulded arch including C14 'wave' head.

Fittings: C19 pews, good eagle lectern from Ashburton by Thomas Prideaux c.1510

pulpit, medieval, also from Ashburton, chalice foot, panels with ogee arches.

SX6646 : St Lawrence, Bigbury, Devon - Font

Octagonal granite font on 4 square piers, good timber cover.

SX6646 : St Lawrence, Bigbury, Devon - Font

© John Salmon

Early C15 de Bikebury brass,

slate slab on transept wall to 'John and Jane Peirce', 1589