Church of Saint Pancras, (Cathedral of the Moor) Widecombe-in-the-Moor

            CHURCH OF ST PANCRAS

Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1242571
Date first listed: 23-Aug-1955


Location

Statutory Address: Statutory Address: St Pancras Church, Widecombe in the Moor, Newton Abbot TQ13 7TA
CHURCH OF ST PANCRAS
County:Devon
District: Teignbridge (District Authority)
Parish: Widecombe in the Moor
National Park: DARTMOOR
National Grid Reference: SX 71879 76791

Details

Parish Church. C15 "restored in 1874 and subsequent years". Tower and nave roof repaired after being struck by lightning in 1638. Tower, south and east sides of body of church of granite ashlar, remainder of granite rubble. Slated roofs. Nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, chancel, north and south chancel chapels, south porch, west tower; vestry, of some antiquity, on north side of north chancel chapel. Windows are Perpendicular and contain a considerable amount of unrestored work; detail is mostly in granite, apart from some heavily restored limestone at the east end. Arches are pointed, except for the north and south sides of the nave and south side of south chancel chapel which have 3 cinquefoiled lights under a flat arch. Tudor priest's door on south side of chancel. Blocked doorway with pointed arch in west wall of north aisle. South porch is single-storeyed; moulded inner and outer doorways with pointed arches, wagon-roof. Tower, plainly a later addition, is very fine and a famous local landmark. 3 stages; clasping buttresses with offsets, each of which carries a pinnacle. Crenellated parapet with large octagonal pinnacle at each corner. Heavily moulded west door. Unusually elaborate belfry openings of 3 lights. Interior: nave and chancel have a continuous arcade of 6 arches each side; octagonal columns with double-chamfered arches. Moulded tower arch with attached shafts. Transepts have moulded 4-centred arches of wood. Simple piscinas in south transept and chancel chapel, south wall of chancel. Stone rood stair in north chancel chapel. Wagon roofs throughout. Lower part of medieval wood screen, with painted figures, across nave and aisles. Some C17 granite tomb-slabs. Sources: R Dymond, ed., Widecombe, 1876, pp.89-98. Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, 1906, p.804.

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