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Summary

Parish church. St. Matthew. Red sandstone. W tower with buttresses and central stair-turret. Two-storeyed s porch. Angel corbels and bosses showing the emblems of the passion. Nave and two aisles. Old wagon roofs. The design of the arcade and piers has been influenced by that of exeter cathedral. Demi-figures of angels above some pier capitals. Church plate was made in london in 1768 (pevsner).

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (I) 1325593: CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW

Other References/Statuses

• Church of England HER: 4873
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS80NE/6
• Old Listed Building Ref (I): 96469

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PARISH CHURCH (XIV to XIX - 1301 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

DIXON + PRICHARD, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV57779.

Vis=15/9/1994 (yarham) present pews had replaced georgian box pews. Chamber probably dug out and slab removed in victorian times (dixon + prichard).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57780.

Pevsner, n. /the buildings of england: north devon/(1952)69.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57781.

Hoskins, w. G. /devon/(1954)364.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57782.

Radford, g. H. /tda/35(1903)272/nicholas radford.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57783.

Doe/hhr:cheriton fitzpaine/(4/11/1985)11-12.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57784.

Nmr=ss80ne9.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57785.

Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england:devon/(1989)256.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57786.

Des=griffith, f. /cheriton fitzpaine church/(15/9/1994)/note in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57787.

Des=dixon + prichard/church of st. Matthew, cheriton fitzpaine/(16/9/1994)/notes in pf.

Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV677.

Vis=15/9/1994 (griffith) feature, probably grave cut, found beneath pew platform. Secondary to main body of church as cut with reference to the pier of one of the columns of the arcade. Sides of cut faced with white plaster (griffith).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV177625.

Parish church. St. Matthew. Red sandstone. W tower with buttresses and central stair-turret. Two-storeyed s porch. Angel corbels and bosses showing the emblems of the passion. Nave and two aisles. Old wagon roofs. The design of the arcade and piers has been influenced by that of exeter cathedral. Demi-figures of angels above some pier capitals. Church plate was made in london in 1768 (pevsner).

Radford, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18671.

Church is entirely 15th century. Royal arms of 1665. Number of incised floor slabs, mainly to the moores of upcott barton. A particularly fine slab is dated 1666 (hoskins). There is now no monument to nicholas radford in the church, but in 1630, his arms still existed in the prowse aisle, whether painted on a wall or in a window is not stated (radford).

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV325766.

Parish church of st. Matthew. C14 nave and chancel, c15 aisles, porch and tower, restored 1883-5 by james crocker of exeter. Snecked volcanic and new red sandstone with mostly beer stone but some volcanic ashlar detail; slate roofs. Nave and chancel with full length aisles and eastern chapels under parallel roofs, west tower and two storey south porch. Perpendicular throughout. West tower of two stages with low offset buttresses and embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. See doe list for full details (doe).

Fletcher, M. J., 2010, Archaeological Monitoring of the Digging of a Surface Water Drainage Trench at the Parish Church of St Matthew, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, Devon (Report - Watching Brief). SDV348007.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV5453 - Archaeological Monitoring at the Parish Church of St Matthew, Cheriton Fitzpaine

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