Church in Torbryan, Devon, England
Holy Trinity Church in Torbryan , near Ipplepen in Devon , England, was built in the 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building ,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust .[2] It was vested in the Trust on 1 July 1987.[3]
The church was built between 1450 and 1470. It has a Perpendicular three-stage tower with an octagonal stair turret on the south wall.[2] The vestry was added in the 19th century.[1]
The interior includes a medieval carved rood-screen , with panels showing paintings of saints and stained glass from the same period.[2] In 2013 thieves removed two panels depicting Saint Victor of Marseilles and Saint Margaret of Antioch and damaged a third. The trust believed that the panels may have been stolen for sale abroad.[4] The panels were later recovered by the Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Unit and were restored and reinstalled.[5] [6]
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References
^ a b c Historic England , "Church of the Holy Trinity, Denbury and Torbryan (1249658)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 13 August 2013
^ a b c Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan, Devon , Churches Conservation Trust , retrieved 2 April 2011
^ Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes (PDF) , Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England , 2011, p. 5, retrieved 2 April 2011
^ ["Torbryan screen panels stolen from Holy Trinity church" . BBC News . 13 August 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2023 .
^ "Torbryan rood screen will rise again" . www.visitchurches.org.uk . Retrieved 5 December 2018 .
^ Morris, Steven (24 June 2016). "Stolen medieval panels restored and reinstalled in Devon church" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 December 2018 .