The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Higher Brixham, in the county of Devon, England. It is a listed building of Grade II* and was first listed in 1949.[1]
| St Mary's Church | |
|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
 The Church Tower | |
  St Mary's Church Shown within Devon | |
| 50°23′10″N 3°31′08″W / 50.386037°N 3.518772°W | |
| OS grid reference | SX 92120 55119 |
| Location | Higher Brixham, Devon |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 18-Oct-1949 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Exeter |
History
editThe church building dates from about the fifteenth century, replacing a previous Norman building.[2] It was re-roofed in 1867 and was restored in 1905.[1][3] The pillars are similar in design to St Mary's Church, Totnes, which was being built in 1432, and the churches may have shared an architect.[2]
The church contains monuments to the Upton family of Lupton House,[3][4][5] and to the judge Francis Buller.[6] Its archives are held by the South West Heritage Trust.[7][8]
Funding
editThe Friends of St Mary's, Brixham, a registered charity (no. 1041867) has the stated aim "to maintain, repair, restore, preserve, improve, beautify and reconstruct for the benefit of the public the fabric of the church".[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, Brixham (1195156)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ a b "St Mary's Brixham". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Devon. Yale University Press. p. 829. ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8.
- ^ Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica. Hamilton, Adams, and Company. 1892. p. 75.
- ^ Imperial cyclopaedia (1850). The imperial cyclopædia [based on The penny cyclopædia of the Soc. for the diffusion of useful knowledge]. Sub-division. The cyclopædia of the British empire. Charles Knight. pp. 489–490.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1811). A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions ... S. Lewis & Company. pp. 336–7.
- ^ "St Mary's Parish, Brixham". The National Archives. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Brixham: St Mary's Parish". South West Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "The Friends Of St Mary's, Brixham". Charity Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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