briantrumpet
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A slightly distant Holcombe Burnell church. I'll admit I couldn't be bothered today to go down the lane to see it close-up. It looks like an interesting one too, though yet again the Victorian 'restorers' have a lot to answer for:
Parish church. Part of south doorway C12, arcade probably late Clslearly C16 tower probably late C15, substantial rebuilding and enlargement of 1843 by John Hayward. Stone rubble including Heavitree and volcanic stone with granite and freestone dressings, tower rough cast on east west and south faces, north face with old render, slate roof. West tower, nave -and chancel with no external division, 4-bay north aisle, north east vestry, south west porch. Late Perpendicular style. The extent and character of the 1843 work makes it difficult to establish a dating sequence for the medieval period. Of the C12 church a rounded arched doorway survives; the tower is probably late Perpendicular. The granite piers of the north arcade could be C14 Decorated but are more likely to be late Perpendicular, the rounded double chamfered arches of the arcade have been described as "restored", but are similar to those at Exminster and Dunchideock. The 1843 work involved extending the chancel to the east, re-roofing, replacing window tracery (mostly in original embrasures) and largely rebuilding the north aisle which was described as "ruinous" in 1843 (Davidson).