Churston Ferrers, Devon
The church was restored in 1865 /66 at a cost of £1,800, by E Ashworth of Exeter and about the same time a fine rood screen with paintings was taken down. ( ! ! ) Parts of which have, with a good deal of added modern work, been made into a belfry screen. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/MZvwAEeerb at the west end of the nave.
The nave portion of the old screen consisted of three divisions of unusual size, each division about 5 feet wide and containing six tracery lights. Some idea of the original screen can be obtained from the doors in the screen in the tower which formed the doors of the original screen;
Picture with thanks - copyright www.wissensdrang.com/stabb049.htm
Churston Ferrers, Devon
The church was restored in 1865 /66 at a cost of £1,800, by E Ashworth of Exeter and about the same time a fine rood screen with paintings was taken down. ( ! ! ) Parts of which have, with a good deal of added modern work, been made into a belfry screen. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/MZvwAEeerb at the west end of the nave.
The nave portion of the old screen consisted of three divisions of unusual size, each division about 5 feet wide and containing six tracery lights. Some idea of the original screen can be obtained from the doors in the screen in the tower which formed the doors of the original screen;
Picture with thanks - copyright www.wissensdrang.com/stabb049.htm