Dunchideock Devon
Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Dunchideock Devon stands on a slope next to a farm
(the name is Celtic and means 'the wooded fort or camp,' possibly referring to the earthwork of Cotley Castle which is nearby. In the 1086 Domesday Survey it was held by Ralph Paynel with 5 ploughs together with the usual meadows & woodland.
The present church dates from the late 14c and replaced an earlier building with the first recorded rector William de Lapeflod in 1261
Built of red sandstone in Perpendicular style, and consisting of a chancel, nave, north aisle of 5 bays, lady chapel, south porch, and three stage embattled west tower with south east projecting stair turret rising above its height of the tower. It has 3 bells, the first dated 1700, the second with Old English lettering, and the tenor which has an invocation to St. John.
The north chancel chapel was in 1669 "erected at his own noble expense " by Aaron Baker 1620–1683 to be the site of his burial and monument www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ey032aUS4n after he had made his fortune in the East India trade and retired here.
In 1846 the building was described "as a picture of desolation"
and there is evidence of a c 1850s restoration as well as a thorough restoration of 1875-7 when the chancel was rebuilt.
The nave, chancel and lady chapel were restored in c 1887 for Sir William and Lady Waldron;
The Gothic screen dates from the 15c, and is complete with doors, groining and cornice. There is elaborate carving of the pier casing between the sections of the screen. The rood loft is six feet in width.. (However the screen was described as "remains" in 1843 and was largely reconstructed by wood worker Herbert Read in 1892, with additional work by the Herbert Read firm in 1962). The parclose screen is also notable;
In former years the south bay of the screen was cut to make room for a three-decker pulpit which was later removed and replaced by the present one in 1903 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0A9B1Xgity and the screen restored. The medieval rood loft stair is intact including (unusually) the door to the stair which is a single plank with studs, it can still be seen in the south wall. and at the east end of the external nave can be seen the rectangular rood stair turret with a sloping slate roof.
The registers date: baptisms, 1538; marriages, 1539; burials, 1540.
The c1400 font also survives www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/91634946W2
Tim britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101334285-church-of-st-micha...
Dunchideock Devon
Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Dunchideock Devon stands on a slope next to a farm
(the name is Celtic and means 'the wooded fort or camp,' possibly referring to the earthwork of Cotley Castle which is nearby. In the 1086 Domesday Survey it was held by Ralph Paynel with 5 ploughs together with the usual meadows & woodland.
The present church dates from the late 14c and replaced an earlier building with the first recorded rector William de Lapeflod in 1261
Built of red sandstone in Perpendicular style, and consisting of a chancel, nave, north aisle of 5 bays, lady chapel, south porch, and three stage embattled west tower with south east projecting stair turret rising above its height of the tower. It has 3 bells, the first dated 1700, the second with Old English lettering, and the tenor which has an invocation to St. John.
The north chancel chapel was in 1669 "erected at his own noble expense " by Aaron Baker 1620–1683 to be the site of his burial and monument www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ey032aUS4n after he had made his fortune in the East India trade and retired here.
In 1846 the building was described "as a picture of desolation"
and there is evidence of a c 1850s restoration as well as a thorough restoration of 1875-7 when the chancel was rebuilt.
The nave, chancel and lady chapel were restored in c 1887 for Sir William and Lady Waldron;
The Gothic screen dates from the 15c, and is complete with doors, groining and cornice. There is elaborate carving of the pier casing between the sections of the screen. The rood loft is six feet in width.. (However the screen was described as "remains" in 1843 and was largely reconstructed by wood worker Herbert Read in 1892, with additional work by the Herbert Read firm in 1962). The parclose screen is also notable;
In former years the south bay of the screen was cut to make room for a three-decker pulpit which was later removed and replaced by the present one in 1903 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0A9B1Xgity and the screen restored. The medieval rood loft stair is intact including (unusually) the door to the stair which is a single plank with studs, it can still be seen in the south wall. and at the east end of the external nave can be seen the rectangular rood stair turret with a sloping slate roof.
The registers date: baptisms, 1538; marriages, 1539; burials, 1540.
The c1400 font also survives www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/91634946W2
Tim britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101334285-church-of-st-micha...