St Nicholas

chancel C13, north transept possibly C14, the south chancel chapel may be late C13 or C14 in origin, late C15/early C16 south aisle and south porch.

The base of the tower appears to be C12 but the tower is not aligned with the C13 chancel arch.

The church may have been rebuilt and re-aligned in the C13 with a C12 west tower and C13 nave and chancel.

The masonry of the north transept differs from the nave masonry and it may be a C14 addition.

The south chancel chapel certainly precedes the south aisle and may have been a C14 chantry.

In the C15 or early C16 the 2-bay arcade between the chancel and south chancel chapel was built, probably contemporary with the south aisle which increased the width of the nave which was re-roofed.

The south window of the chapel is a circa late C15/early C16 3-light square-headed cusped window with a hoodmould.

The north window is probably late C14 Perpendicular with a hoodmould and label stops.

On either side of the doorway a circa late C13 triple lancet with chamfered light, the westernmost appears to be original, the mullions of the easternmost have been renewed.

The 3 easternmost windows of the aisle are probably early C16, wide 4-light uncusped granite windows with panel tracery, hoodmoulds and carved label stops.

A round-headed chamfered west window above the door is probably C12 below a relieving arch.

The shallow-moulded arched outer doorway has a square-headed hoodmould and label stops with carved spandrels.

The interior of the porch has slate-topped benches and a Perpendicular waggon roof with carved ribs, bosses and wallplates.

The inner door of the porch is moulded with a Tudor arch and carved spandrels.

Circa C16 door with studs and strap hinges.

C13 unmoulded chancel arch springing from plain granite imposts with the remains of stylized carving.

The roofs are late C20 ceiled waggons with ribs and carved bosses, a Perpendicular carved wallplate survives in the south chancel chapel.

Good C13 octagonal font with palmettes carved on 4 faces, the other faces are either plain or cut with a vertical hollow probably when the font was fixed to wall.

6-bay chancel screen said to be 1529 (Bond and Camm) of Pevsner A type.

The screen has lost its coving and 2 orders of carving from the bressumer have been tacked on to the top.

On the north side of the nave and in the south aisle several complete early C16 benches survive with rectangular carved ends some with Renaissance arabesques, others with symbols of the passion.

Some C16 bench ends have been incorporated into the choir stalls.

5 sided 1901 timber drum pulpit carved by John Northcott of Ashwater with a deep cornice has carved sides and a moulded granite base.

A whitewashed stone effigy of circa 1500 (Pevsner) lies on a tomb chest under an arch at the east of the south chancel chapel.

The arch is not part of the original design of the tomb and the figure of a knight in armour is a head and torso only, legs missing.

Royal Arms of 1822 painted by Richard Reddicliffe fixed to the north wall of the nave.