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St James, Jacobstowe, Devon

Location
(50°47′51″N, 4°0′22″W)
Jacobstowe
SS 587 017
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Devon
now Devon
medieval Exeter
now Exeter
medieval St James
now St James
  • Hazel Gardiner
5 September 2005

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Description

The church comprises chancel with a vesty on the S, nave with S porch, and W tower. The church is substantially Perpendicular and later. It was heavily restored in 1902 (Pevsner 1989, 511). Evidence of early 12thc. work is found in the plain S doorway and the font. Romanesque sculpture is found on a reset fragment. The church fabric is red stone and a shale-like stone.

History

Jacobstowe is not mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Features

Exterior Features

Exterior Decoration

Miscellaneous

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications: or, England's patron saints, London, 1899,165.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Devon, 2nd ed., London, 1989, 511.