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Church of St Mary And St Gregory
Hob Uid: 32903
Location : Devon Torridge Frithelstock
Grid Ref : SS4636419545
Summary : A parish church with indications of Norman origins such as the 12th century stoup adjoining the inner door. The north wall and the font are 13th century. The chanel was rebuilt and the south aisle built in the early 14th century. The west tower is 15th century with diagonal buttresses, embattlements and pinnacles. The south east chapel is of circa 1500. The church adjoins the ruins of a 13th century Augustinian priory (AMIE NMR number 32835, SS 41 NE 9).
More information : (SS 46371954) St Mary & St Gregory's Church (CofE) (NAT) (1) CIVIL PARISH OF FRITHELSTOCK A Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Gregory C.15 tall tapering tower of considerable beauty on west end, with diagonal buttresses at foot, and embattlements and pinnacles. South aisle of 3 bays with sumptuous piers with canopied niches for images. C. 14 East windows. Ceiled wagon roofs throughout. Inside are excellent benches of C.15 and C.16, Jacobean pulpit, plaster Royal Arms of 1677, and Norman font. (2) Church of St Mary and St Gregory. C13th North wall; chancel rebuilt and South aisle early C14th. South-East chapel of ca.1500, West tower rebuilt in the C15th. Norman origins are indicated by a reset C12th stoup adjoining to the inner door. The font is a C13th, quatrefoil-shaped. Grade I. (3,4) The Exeter Disceson Architectual Society in 1848 described the font as being "Norman, 4 feet square basin; singular circular shaft with chevron". It seems that the font therefore was reshaped after 1848, the bowl originally being of the Hittesleigh type, mid-C12th. (5)

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Source details : OS 1:2500 1981
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Source details : DOE(HHR) Torrington RD, Devon, Oct 1959, 6.
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Devon. Torridge Dist. OCT-1988 79-80
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Cherry B and Pevsner N 1989. Buildings of England: Devon. London: Penguin 453
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Trans Devon Assoc. 53 1921 228 (Clarke KM)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Norman
Monument End Date : 1170
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 13th century
Monument End Date : 1300
Monument Start Date : 1201
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Early 14th century.
Monument End Date : 1332
Monument Start Date : 1301
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 15th century
Monument End Date : 1500
Monument Start Date : 1401
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : circa 1500.
Monument End Date : 1510
Monument Start Date : 1490
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 91405
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1105177
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 24842
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1009304
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SS 41 NE 34
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Relationship type : General association

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