St Thomas of Canterbury church which originally dates back to the 12th century. This beautiful stone church is considered to have been constructed by William De Tracey as penance for his aspect in the murder of the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a Beckett on 29th December 1170. The church was prolonged in the 15th century. Also additional all over this time was the most exquisitely carved rood display screen, the church also offers fantastically carved bench ends and roof woodwork.
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CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, LAPFORD, DEVON
Heritage Class: Detailed Building
Quality: I
Checklist Entry Quantity: 1250085
Date initial listed: 26-Aug-1965
Statutory Handle 1: CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
Countrywide Grid Reference: SS 73152 08277
Details
LAPFORD LAPFORD SS 70 NW 4/86 Church of St Thomas of Canterbury – 26.8.65 GV I
Parish church. Norman origins, rebuilt in C15, north aisle additional and nave re-roofed in late C15. Vestry additional 1869 in accordance to Cresswell and chancel is comprehensive rebuild of very same time. South porch rebuilt 1871. Additional renovation of 1888 by Packham, Croote and Stuart provided scraping and repointing the masonry, exposing and fixing the roofs, and some window substitution. 1955 restoration by Lt. Col. Bertram Shore. Original cloth of mudstone rubble with granite, red sandstone and volcanic ashlar element C19 snecked mudstone masonry and red sandstone, Hamstone and Bathstone element slate roofs with crested ridge tiles on north aisle. Nave with lesser and narrower chancel, north aisle and vestry, west tower and south porch. Perpendicular throughout. Tall west tower of 3 levels with diagonal buttresses and embattled parapet. Semi-octagonal stair turret projecting from south-east corner with embattled parapet. The 4 bold drip courses are carried spherical the stair turret and buttresses and rise as hoodmoulds more than doorway and window on west side. Changed belfry windows of crimson sandstone, all 2-lights with trefoil heads and a quatrefoil in the arched head. West facet of tower has C15 doorway, a 2-centred arch with moulded encompass and roll stops, which is made up of C19 studded plank door with plain major hinges. Tall 3-gentle window over with restored Perpendicular tracery and a drip course at sill degree is on this aspect only. Late C19 carved gargoyle h2o spout at the top rated on the north-west corner. South facet has an unconventional and quite weathered sandstone market in the lessen stage which now incorporates a C19 statue of St Thomas a Becket and, in the middle stage, a 2-light-weight window to the ringing loft very similar to the belfry home windows but of volcanic stone and authentic. The stair turret has small slit home windows and 1 quatrefoil gentle. The east encounter of the tower shows proof of an before larger roof than existing. South aspect of nave is a great deal restored. Renewed Bathstone window at remaining close is square-headed and 2-lights with cinquefoil heads and hoodmould, and in direction of right conclusion is a significantly-restored, arch- headed window with Perpendicular tracery. C19 porch has Bathstone quoins, kneelers and coping to gable close, outer flat arch with moulded surround, and lancets possibly side. At appropriate (east) close of nave is a volcanic and pink standstone offset buttress which has been diminished in height, maybe C15 get the job done. Gable stop of nave is slate hung previously mentioned the chancel. Chancel alone is wholly C19. South side has two 2-mild Perpendicular windows with a buttress between them. East conclusion has diagonal buttresses every side, kneelers and coping to gable which is surmounted by a fleuree cross and has huge 3-gentle window with Perpendicular tracery and moulded hoodmould with massive labels carved as bishops heads, and, around the apex, a trefoil headed ventilator. Set into the base of the wall is a plaque recording the 1955 restoration by Lt. Col. Bertram Shore (Architect), Harry Partridge (learn builder) and Michael Tucker (master mason). North side of chancel has 2 lancets. East end of north aisle and gable end of vestry have the same kneelers, coping, cross and ventilator as the chancel. Former has a 3-light-weight Perpendicular window and latter a 3-mild Embellished window. On east aspect of vestry is an arched doorway made up of a plank doorway with Gothick deal with strips and strap hinges with fleur-de-lis finials and on the north-west corner is a huge chimney shaft supported by an offset buttress. Right away to the suitable of the vestry the split between the C19 rebuild and C15 north aisle can obviously be found. The north aisle nevertheless intensely restored 3-window entrance of tall sq.-headed 3-mild windows with elliptical heads, sunken spandrels and moulded hoodmoulds. First granite heads and renewed mullions. Restored buttresses among and chamfered granite plinth. West has been restored in the type of C19 rebuild of east end. Excellent interior. Tiled ground of porch consists of a C17 granite headstone with a sunken border and bold lettering rising from it. ‘God relaxation the soul of John Killan’. C15 south doorway, a granite 2-centred arch with moulded encompass and roll stops. It consists of an historical studded oak door imagined by some to be Norman. The coverstrips are C19 but the huge plain strap hinges, the other iron fittings and the substantial oak lock housing are first. Earlier mentioned the south door is a semi-circle of voussoirs, may perhaps be a blocked Norman arch. Nave has pretty high-quality late C15 wagon roof, now open but previously ceiled. 8 bays, major trusses with moulded ribs and purlins, huge carved bosses, carved vine leaf wall plate and angels bearing heaters stand on formed corbels under every single most important truss. The 2 bays closest chancel have a ceilure the panels are boarded and there are diagonal cross braces, crestwork about the panels and on the wall plate, the bosses are richer and the full concluded with paint and gold leaf. ll-bay wagon roof to north aisle is very similar but not really as grand as the nave roof. Here way too the initial ceiling has been eradicated. Chancel has 4 bay C19 roof with fake hammer beam trusses with moulded archbraces and cusped queen struts over collar. Identical roof to vestry. Moulded chancel arch on corbels. Significant tower arch has triple-chamfered arch ring dying into plain sides. Stair turret tasks into south-west corner and includes a granite arch that contains a C15 oak studded plank doorway. Late C15 4-bay granite arcade to north aisle with moulded piers (Pevsner’s Variety A) with moulded capitals to shafts only and vast low arches. Nave and aisle partitions have been stripped of plaster and significantly restored. Big crank-headed arch to C19 vestry. C19 tile floors all through with some patterned encaustic tiles in chancel. The late C15 8-bay oak rood display throughout each nave and aisle is perfectly-preserved and among the finest in the place. It has Pevsner’s B Style Perpendicular tracery above panelled wainscotting with utilized ogival tracery and reduce quatrefoils. The ribbed coving around the arches is enriched with carved Renaissance motifs, and earlier mentioned this the cornice is protected by 4 friezes of densely carved openwork foliage and sensitive cresting. Chancel doorway has been rehung and doorway to previous north chapel is lacking. Bay to left of chancel door experienced mullion eliminated in C17 to accommodate a looking through desk and lintel with lobe decoration inserted. Rear of display screen is significantly less embellished. Contemporary oak 3 bay parclose. East bay of wainscotting has an applied strip of chip-carved oak with 4 trefoil heads. 4-light square-headed home windows with slender Perpendicular tracery and round headed doorway. Most of seating is C15 oak benches. 2 distinct kinds but both are C15. Before benches now to south of nave and north of aisle have moulded surrounds to bench ends with boldly carved panels, possibly tracery or rigidly symmetrical plant motifs. The afterwards C15 benches, primarily in the middle of nave and aisle, include things like initial rear benches and frontal with collonade of flamboyant Perpendicular applied tracery and decrease quatrefoils. Bench finishes have carved foliage frames and very similar tracery to 2-panels. These comprise a wide range of carved motifs in matching pairs arranged on heaters, from time to time heraldic achievements, plant symbols, human faces and some allegoric, this kind of as symbols of the Passion. A single features the initials of the Saint John family who had the manor and advowson from 1430 to circa 1490. Some C19 benches to rear. Other furnishings are all C19. Oak handrail on wrought iron supports with repoussee vine leaf brackets. Gothic-design and style Beerstone stem pulpit with octangonal drum and marble shafts to arcade and dated 1860, the present of Henry Kelland. Oak lectern of 1884. Perpendicular Gothic-fashion Beerstone font. Single simple marble mural monument to James Wills Patridge (died 1836) on south wall. East window and south window have stained glass memorial home windows, each to Kelland relatives and designed by Beer and Driffield 1888-9. North windows have attractive late C19 leaded glass in which geometric styles built up of smaller panes of coloured translucent glass and with straightforward bouquets in heads. Resources. Devon SMR. Devon C19 Church Venture. B Cresswell, Notes on Devon Church buildings in the Deanery of Chumleigh (1919), pp.96-107.
Listing NGR: SS7315608276
Resources
Textbooks and journals
Cresswell, B F, Notes on Devon Church buildings in the Deanery of Chulmleigh, (1919), 96-107
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