Church of St Peter

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BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR SX 77 SW 6/52 Church of St Peter 23.8.55 GV II*

Parish Church, a chapelry of Ashburton. C15 or early C16. Granite rubble; south wall of nave and chancel and north wall of chancel covered with roughcast. Slated roofs. Nave, chancel, north aisle and transept, south porch, west tower. Exterior of main body of church has been heavily restored and there is little that can certainly be said to pre-date 1907-8, except for a 2-light window in south wall of chancel, the lights chamfered and with round arches; the 3-light east window has old moulded jambs. The south porch is also much restored, but retains its original moulded doorway with 2-centred arch at the front and hollow-moulded corbel-tables at the sides. Inside the porch are old stone seats at either side. The wagon roof appears to be a restoration. The 2-stage, battlemented tower is completely unrestored. The west door has a moulded 2-centred arch enclosed by a rectangular chamfered frame. Above it is an old window of circa 1300 appearance with 2-pointed- arched lights set within a 2-centred arch and chamfered hood-mould. Against the south face is a 5-sided stair turret with slit windows. The ringing chamber has a single round-arched window in the east face, while the bell-chamber has paired apertures with 2-centred arches in each of the north, east and west faces, the south face having a similar single aperture at the east side of the stair turret. In west face a C20 clock with musical chime. Interior has granite arcade of 3 arches on the north side, the arches double- chamfered and 4-centred, the piers with 4 attached shafts having a hollow moulding between them. Tower arch is round-headed with chamfered imposts. On north side of chancel a winding stone stair to rood loft, entered through a chamfered doorway with Tudor arch. In south wall of chancel a piscina with roughly shouldered head. Wagon roofs are C20 restorations. Fittings: Norman limestone font, goblet type with palmette, resetts and cable ornament. Original traceried wooden screen with painted figures on the lower panels, most of those on south side having been destroyed; on the reverse side are 4 large panels with figures painted in black and white. Traceried openings above retain much old paint; canopy is a restoration. Early C18 wooden pulpit; 6-sided, the sides with raised-and-fielded panels. The rear side is developed into a tall, fluted Doric pilaster flanked by scrolls. Over south door a board painted with royal arms of George II and date 1745. On walls of north aisle 3 slate tablets of C19 carved with the creed and 10 commandments. Beneath the tower arch some re-set medieval glazed tiles. On floor of north aisle 4 slate tomb slabs, 1 dated 1593. An old photograph displayed in the church shows box pews removed during the restoration of 1907-8; parts of these may survive in the panelled dado that now lines the nave, aisle and transept. Sources: Plaque of 1907-8 recording the restoration. Notes of C Fryer Cornelius, 1946, displayed in the church. N.Pevsner, South Devon, 1952, p.71.

Listing NGR: SX7204873135

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Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South Devon, (1952), 71

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