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the Holy Trinity

The Holy Trinity

Burrington

Devon

C13 fabric to base of tower and north wall of nave and possibly chancel

Architectural Features

nave and chancel remodelled in C15 when south aisle and porch were added.

Slate roofs with coped gable ends, apex crosses and crested ridge tiles.

Plan: Apart from the Norman front, the earliest surviving features are the C13 base to the transeptal tower and north wall of the nave and possibly chancel.

The rest of the nave and chancel were rebuilt in the C15 when the south aisle was added with its arcade and large granite Perpendicular windows and south porch.

Perpendicular C15 waggon roof with carved bosses at the intersections of every third moulded rib.

Fine unceiled Perpendicular waggon roofs to nave and south aisle with variously carved bosses at the intersections of every fourth moulded rib.

The south aisle has angel figures bearing shields at the base of each enriched rib at intervals along the wall plates carved with trailing leaf decoration.

The nave roof wall plates are carved with floriate decoration.

Unmoulded C13 pointed tower arch.

Late C17 communion rails with alternating twisted and shaped balusters.

Late C17 polygonal pulpit with fielded panelled facets.

Norman font with square bowl with scalloped base on circular stem, largely retooled.

Monuments: Chancel, north wall

Tablet below piscina to William Harvey M.A., rector also for 50 years, d. 1665 with verse.

Slate wall monument by Howell of Chulmleigh to Cooke family, late C18 and early C19.

Twin monument to John and Mary Babbage d. 1799, also by Howell.

Stained glass to east window and to easternmost window on south side of south aisle in memory of Matthew Thomas Loveband, Vicar.

Apart from the reroofing of the chancel and refenestration of the nave in the C19, this is largely an imposing medieval church with fine Perpendicular roofs, screen and granite dressings.