Your Bike in front of a Church

[briantrumpet]

Today's church: Payhembury. Let's guess... heavily restored by the Victorian 'improvers'.

Parish church. C15 and early C16 thoroughly refurbished in the 1889. [...] Good interior: although heavily refurbished in 1887.

It still manages a Grade 1 listing, despite the attentions of the Victorians' sledgehammers.

 

[biggs682]

Hardwick village church

And my Knight on this morning's ride.

 

[PeteXXX]

Isham church (which has a nice Bench Mark) on tonight’s commute home.

 

[briantrumpet]

Another Victorianised church: Woodbury. But lots of history still on show, and a very impressive tower.

Summary: a good, largely late-medieval church with a fine west tower (1407-9), containing a varied group of monuments (including an excellent set of floor tomb slabs), furnishings and fittings, some of high quality.

 

[biggs682]

Earls Barton Baptist church I can't remember which .

And to make it worse I only took the picture about 30 minutes ago.

 

[Jenkins]

Two from today's ride, St. Andrew's in Mutford and St. Margaret's in Stoven

 

[biggs682]

Pipewell church

Taken this morning .

 

[smokeysmoo]

St Thomas & St John with St Philip, RADCLIFFE this morning.

 

[NorthernDave]

St Michael's Church, Cowthorpe this morning

https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-michaels-cowthorpe.html

 

[biggs682]

Bozeat small church in Dychurch lane

 

[briantrumpet]

A rather rugged little edge-of-Dartmoor churh (hence the granite) at Lydford. Yet again a 15th-century tower, but the whole church knocked about and 'improved' by the Victorians. Are you spotting a theme in my write-ups yet?

 

[briantrumpet]

Today's church: Thorverton. Guess what: the Victorians got to work on this one too - you can tell immediately by the standard Gothic windows they seemed to put in every church they 'restored' (maybe the Victorian version of Jewsons was getting them mass produced & selling them off cheap). Still, it's quite pretty, and Grade 1 listed.

West tower probably C15 (although a C13 date has been suggested) C15 porch; major rebuilding of 1834-40 (architect unknown to date); reseating of 1840 by John Hayward of Exeter (contemporary with his building of the new vicarage); restoration of 1864 initiated by Archdeacon Freeman including pulpit, reseating and north transept; vestry rebuilt 1884 ; tower restored 1905; further restorations 1953-55 and 1971-72. Dressed local volcanic stone, brought to course; dressings mostly Bathstone; slate roof.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Snitterfield this morning

 

[briantrumpet]

COTD, featuring local red sanstone - Pinhoe. More Victorian restoration (spot the Gothic windows), but impressive 15th-C tower nonetheless.

Late C14/Early C15, with 1879-80 rebuilding of Chancel by Christian and other restoration by Fulford. Limestone with red sandstone west tower, slate roof. 3-stage castellated tower. 3-bay nave with north aisle only. Perpendicular wagon roof, also Perpendicular pulpit and screen with restoration by Hems in 1879-80. Poor box of 1700. Bench ends. Norman font. Stained glass by Drake. (Pevsner, Devon, 1989 ed., p.441)

 

[biggs682]

Wollaston Methodist church

Taken on tonight's ride.