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Summary

St. Thomas a becket: screen extends across nave and aisles, lower part only remains. All above transom sawn off before 1822. C15 (bond).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59NW/33/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (I)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROOD SCREEN (Late Medieval - 1401 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV227423.

Bond, f. B. /tda/35(1903)471/devonshire screens and rood lofts.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV227424.

Doe/hhr:northlew/(29/2/1988)125.

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV326138.

Restored medieval screen of which only really old panelling survives - the cornice and rood loft completely renewed (doe).

BOND, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV54972.

St. Thomas a becket: screen extends across nave and aisles, lower part only remains. All above transom sawn off before 1822. C15 (bond).

Geipel, H. C., 1986, St Thomas of Canterbury, Northlew (Pamphlet). SDV346071.

A feature of the church, as of many Devon churches is the rood screen. The old one was defaced and broken at the time of the Reformation, and in 1810 was ordered by the rural Dean of that time to be repaired or 'removed'. There is a picture in the vestry which shows the screen after this act of vandalism. The screen was restored by Herbert Read of Exeter. The central portion with the rood and figures was dedicated by Bishop Maud of Kensington in 1923, as the war memorial.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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