St Bridget, Bridgerule, Devon

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Location
(50°48′10″N, 4°26′22″W)
Site Location
Bridgerule
National Grid Reference
SS 282 032
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Devon now Devon
Diocese
medieval Exeter now Exeter
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Hazel Gardiner
Visit Date
9 June 2001

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Description

The church has a 13thc. chancel, nave and N transept. The chancel was extended and the nave enlarged in the 14thc. The S aisle, W tower and S porch are Perpendicular (1400–50). The church was restored in 1723, and again in 1878, by J. P. St Aubyn, when the vestry was added to the N side of the chancel. (Pevsner, 212; Historic England listing:1104976)  The font and a pillar piscina are the only Romanesque features.

History

Before the Conquest Bridgerule was held by Frawin of Cornwall.  In 1086 the Lord, and tenant-in-chief, was Roald Dubbed.

Features

Exterior Features

Other

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Devon, 2nd ed., London, 1989, 212–213

Domesday Book: Devon, eds. C. and F. Thorn, Chichester, 1985, 35, 2.

F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications: or, England's patron saints, London, 1899, 64.

K. M. Clarke The Baptismal Fonts of Devon. Part I, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association, 45 (1913), 319–20.