Devon Churches 2018 – Tawstock

Sundial above door
Sundial above door
St Peter’s Church, Tawstock.
A Devon church included in ‘Devon’s 50 best Churches’ by Todd Gray.
The collection of church monuments is particularly fine. Most are connected to the Earls of Bath. Features of interest include the 16th century gallery, the manorial pew of the earls of bath, and two ceilings of Italian plasterwork.
The church is in a rural site, in the former park of the Earls of Bath. Nearby is an Elizabethan gatehouse, all that remains of an Elizabethan mansion. The house burnt down in 1787 and was replaced by the current Gothic style mansion, Tawstock Court.
Painted altar
Altar
Ceiling art
ceiling
monument
monument
monument
monument
painted tomb
Tomb
painted tomb
painted tomb
painted tomb
painted tomb
Carving below window
Carving
Screen carving
Screen carving

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