Dunsford Devon
Church of St Mary, Dunsford Devon
According to the 'Village of Dunsford' website, 'there has been a place of worship here since Saxon times.
A later 'church was dedicated in 1261. The first known vicar Thomas de Bonville.
The present church in the 15c Perpendicular style dating from the 1420s , consists of a chancel with vestry to the north, nave, north aisle, south porch and a three stage embattled western tower containing a clock and six bells dated 1785. A battlemented north east projecting rectangular stair turret rises above the height of the tower.
It seats 200
The church was restored 1822 when the south wall and porch were rebuilt followed by the nave which was extended east by 1 bay and the chancel largely reconstructed in Decorated style in 1840, at a cost of £1,100. In 1846 a vestry was added projecting north on the north side of the chancel; with a stone chimney at the north gable end, a 2-light square-headed east window and a doorway on the west side..
The head tracery of windows in the north aisle and nave contain fragments of medieval glass including several figures of saints www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4YgXwzU9d4 and seraphim, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jQR2S9g5HC all executed by the Doddiscombsleigh school of glass painters.
There some ancient monuments to the Fulford family in the north aisle chapel, who lived at Fulford House nearby , and also windows in their memory www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W0fg6t7328
The registers of marriages and burials date from 1594 and of baptisms from 1597.
Picture with thanks - copyright Ian www.cornishchurches.com/Dunsford%20Church%20Devon%20-%20S...
Dunsford Devon
Church of St Mary, Dunsford Devon
According to the 'Village of Dunsford' website, 'there has been a place of worship here since Saxon times.
A later 'church was dedicated in 1261. The first known vicar Thomas de Bonville.
The present church in the 15c Perpendicular style dating from the 1420s , consists of a chancel with vestry to the north, nave, north aisle, south porch and a three stage embattled western tower containing a clock and six bells dated 1785. A battlemented north east projecting rectangular stair turret rises above the height of the tower.
It seats 200
The church was restored 1822 when the south wall and porch were rebuilt followed by the nave which was extended east by 1 bay and the chancel largely reconstructed in Decorated style in 1840, at a cost of £1,100. In 1846 a vestry was added projecting north on the north side of the chancel; with a stone chimney at the north gable end, a 2-light square-headed east window and a doorway on the west side..
The head tracery of windows in the north aisle and nave contain fragments of medieval glass including several figures of saints www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4YgXwzU9d4 and seraphim, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jQR2S9g5HC all executed by the Doddiscombsleigh school of glass painters.
There some ancient monuments to the Fulford family in the north aisle chapel, who lived at Fulford House nearby , and also windows in their memory www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W0fg6t7328
The registers of marriages and burials date from 1594 and of baptisms from 1597.
Picture with thanks - copyright Ian www.cornishchurches.com/Dunsford%20Church%20Devon%20-%20S...