Eggesford Devon
Church of All Saints, Eggesford Devon , a former estate church it is sited in an isolated spot near to the manor house
It consists of a nave with narrower and lower chancel, north aisle with narrower and lower Chichester mortuary chapel at the east end with vaults below, north porch and west tower. The two stage tower is 15c , the rest was completely restored and much rebuilt with new windows etc in 1867 although some of 15c rubble fabric at the east end of the chancel and north aisle survives
The north porch is narrow and gable-ended.. The moulded hood has labels carved as male and female heads. Above the arch the gable contains a carved plaque containing the crest of the Earls of Portsmouth with the date 1867. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/C4147LdshU
The Interior dates mainly from the 1867 restoration, including the tiled floors, altar rails, choir stalls, chandelier and pulpit. . The ceiled wagon roofs are also 19c - the north aisle roof has carved bosses and the wall plate is enriched with carved openwork and painted heraldic devices under each truss. The Beerstone chancel arch dates from this time . The arch between the chancel and chapel is granite and is probably reset 15c work.
The chancel is plain with 19c oak altar rail on twisted iron supports with ivy leaf brackets, the Gothic stalls are of the same age. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7314LC7356 Benches include series of 18c box pews in the south nave. The rest are 19c and the north aisle includes a large enclosure, the 17c / 18c family pew of the Earls of Portsmouth which now holds a 20c organ.
The purple mudstone cushion font is Norman but much restored in 1919. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/rX15J8890U
The nave contains some fragments of medieval & 16c stained glass reset in the tracery. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/95LF9A8cB6 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d3Ksm875W9
There are two very large 17c Chichester monuments attributed by Katherine Sidaile to William Smith of Charing Cross - one to Edward Lord Viscount Chichester 1648 & wife Anne Coplestone 1616 heiress to Eggesford , www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/zpN6EL1F16 on the north aisle wall, the other on the south nave wall to their son Arthur Viscount Chichester, Earl of Donegal 1675 & his first 2 wives www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/wVW3a257E6 who both built their monuments in their lifetime but "erected and finished by the said Arthur". Another massive one is on the east wall of the north aisle to William Fellowes 1723 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2xy26Ce1y9 who bought the manor from the Chichester heiress in accordance with a legacy from his uncle. - These were all originally together in a room north of the chancel until 1867 when they were re-erected in their present positions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggesford
Tim britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101162978-church-of-all-sain...
Eggesford Devon
Church of All Saints, Eggesford Devon , a former estate church it is sited in an isolated spot near to the manor house
It consists of a nave with narrower and lower chancel, north aisle with narrower and lower Chichester mortuary chapel at the east end with vaults below, north porch and west tower. The two stage tower is 15c , the rest was completely restored and much rebuilt with new windows etc in 1867 although some of 15c rubble fabric at the east end of the chancel and north aisle survives
The north porch is narrow and gable-ended.. The moulded hood has labels carved as male and female heads. Above the arch the gable contains a carved plaque containing the crest of the Earls of Portsmouth with the date 1867. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/C4147LdshU
The Interior dates mainly from the 1867 restoration, including the tiled floors, altar rails, choir stalls, chandelier and pulpit. . The ceiled wagon roofs are also 19c - the north aisle roof has carved bosses and the wall plate is enriched with carved openwork and painted heraldic devices under each truss. The Beerstone chancel arch dates from this time . The arch between the chancel and chapel is granite and is probably reset 15c work.
The chancel is plain with 19c oak altar rail on twisted iron supports with ivy leaf brackets, the Gothic stalls are of the same age. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7314LC7356 Benches include series of 18c box pews in the south nave. The rest are 19c and the north aisle includes a large enclosure, the 17c / 18c family pew of the Earls of Portsmouth which now holds a 20c organ.
The purple mudstone cushion font is Norman but much restored in 1919. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/rX15J8890U
The nave contains some fragments of medieval & 16c stained glass reset in the tracery. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/95LF9A8cB6 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d3Ksm875W9
There are two very large 17c Chichester monuments attributed by Katherine Sidaile to William Smith of Charing Cross - one to Edward Lord Viscount Chichester 1648 & wife Anne Coplestone 1616 heiress to Eggesford , www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/zpN6EL1F16 on the north aisle wall, the other on the south nave wall to their son Arthur Viscount Chichester, Earl of Donegal 1675 & his first 2 wives www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/wVW3a257E6 who both built their monuments in their lifetime but "erected and finished by the said Arthur". Another massive one is on the east wall of the north aisle to William Fellowes 1723 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2xy26Ce1y9 who bought the manor from the Chichester heiress in accordance with a legacy from his uncle. - These were all originally together in a room north of the chancel until 1867 when they were re-erected in their present positions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggesford
Tim britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101162978-church-of-all-sain...