St Petrock's Church, Parracombe

St Petrock's Church
Location Parracombe, Devon, England
Coordinates 51°11′18″N 3°53′52″W / 51.18833°N 3.89778°W / 51.18833; -3.89778Coordinates: 51°11′18″N 3°53′52″W / 51.18833°N 3.89778°W / 51.18833; -3.89778
Built 13th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name: Church of St. Petrocks
Designated 25 February 1965[1]
Reference no. 1325740
Location of St Petrock's Church in Devon

St Petrock's Church in Parracombe, Devon, England was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 25 November 1969, and was vested in the Trust on 23 June 1971.[3]

The church is dedicated to St Petrock. Parts of the building, including the chancel and the lower part of the tower remain from the 13th century but much of the current fabric dates from a reconstruction in the early 16th century.[2]

In 1879 there were worries about the stability of the building however protests led by John Ruskin who donated £10 lead to the preservation iof the church and the construction of a new one further west in the village.[2]

The interior includes 18th-century box pews, a Georgian pulpit and a screen with a wooden tympanum above it which dates from the 18th century.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England, "Church of St. Petrocks, Parracombe (1325740)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 April 2015
  2. 1 2 3 St Petrock's Church, Parracombe, Devon, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 April 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 1 April 2011
  4. ↑ "Parracombe". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 16 October 2010.


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