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Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe

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church was enlarged to its present size in 1322, and the tower incorporated inside the building. Built of mostly random rubble slate walls, some rendered, with limestone dressings, the church has one of the finest wagon-roofs in the West Country dating from the 15th-century which is richly carved
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when the nave was lengthened and the aisles added. The tower is 14th-century and is the oldest part of the building: it is low, single stage and very plain with a pointed north door and a lancet window and a low unmoulded arch opening into the
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of about 1160 and is decorated with three rosettes and ears of wheat on each face with a scalloped underside. It was moved to its present position in 1861 during the 1861-1864 restoration by
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was Oliver de Tracey in 1263, which is also the approximate date of the first stone building on the site. Little remains of this church, ordered to be enlarged in 1321 by
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representing mythical beasts. The chapel in the north of the chancel is early 15th-century, while the aisle windows are from the
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by eight bays of chamfered arches, four on each side on stunted octagonal piers; these are mid-to late 14th-century, while a
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The church has numerous monuments. There is a small brass cross which commemorates six men of the parish who died during
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of the same date can be found in the chancel. The nave roof rests on stone
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or Glory, with three bays enriched by cross-ribs and much decoration. The
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Commonwealth War Graves Holy Trinity Churchyard - Traces of War database
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Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe - 'Visit Ilfracombe' website
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has arched columns and panels containing floral motifs. The
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in a row. At the East end of the nave above the former
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Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe - A Church Near You
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51°12′20″N 4°07′43″W / 51.20558°N 4.12850°W / 51.20558; -4.12850
Ilfracombe
Devon
Denomination
Anglican
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
Exeter
Archdeaconry
Barnstaple
Deanery
Barnstaple
Benefice
Ilfracombe
Parish
Ilfracombe
Anglican
parish church
Ilfracombe
Devon
Grade I
Diocese of Exeter

Norman
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Elizabethan
pulpit

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