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St Marys Church
Hob Uid: 446655
Location : Devon Teignbridge Ideford
Grid Ref : SX8943077390
Summary : (? on site of C11th church)
More information : The church seems to stand upon the site of an earlier construction. When the Chancel was built in 1890 a carved Saxon lintel stone (dating about AD 1000,) was discovered. It is carved with a pelican (symbolizing the Sacrament) and a devil, and is now over the small Chancel window. The present church is 13th-15thc., dedicated to St Mary The Virgin. (1) "Evidence of a former Norman church is a gabled lintel with a serpent, a sudimentary `tree of life`, and a cock (?)". (2) [SX 89437739] This lintel is now built into the outside of the S. wall of the Chancel. It is 1.5m long and has a maximum height of 0.3m. The chronology in T.2. is probably more correct, and the deduction follows that the previous church was an early Norman one, probably 11thc. See GP/53/87/5. (3) GP/53/87/5 Lintel of earlier church, in south wall of chancel. (4) A tympanum, 1.5m long and 0.3m high is cemented over a window of the 19thc chancel of St Mary's Church at SX 89427749. It was found in 1890 when the chancel was built and is thought to be 11thc, from the southern entrance of the former Norman Church. (See G.P.) (5-6) Church of St Mary. C12th re-sited tympanum, late C15th/early C16th West tower and arcade, the rest thoroughly rebuilt in 1850 by Wightmick and Damont, except for the chancel which was added in 1883 by Dampier of Dorchester. The tympanum depicts a bird and scroll-tailed dragon on either side of a conventional floiage motif. Grade II. (7)

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Source details : Refs to: Notice on History of Ideford Church, displayed in Nave.
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Source details : Pevsner's "Buildings of England - s. Devon" (1952) p.184
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Source details : F1 NVQ 17-JUN-53
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Source details : F2 NVQ 20-JUN-53
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Source details : OS 559 GP/53/87
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Source details : Parish Guide
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Source details : F1 NJA 28-9-82
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Devon Dist. of Teignbridge APR-1987 55-6
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Church, Findspot
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Components and Objects:

Period : Medieval
Component Monument Type : Church, Findspot
Object Type : ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 87 NE 14
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-06-17
End Date : 1953-06-17

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-06-20
End Date : 1953-06-20

Historic England Research Records

St Marys Church