Buckfastleigh: Holy Trinity

Name:
Buckfastleigh: Holy Trinity
Record Type:
Ruin
Church code:
615651
Diocese:
Exeter
Archdeaconry:
Totnes
Parish:
Buckfastleigh

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is in the following National Park: Dartmoor

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is on the Heritage at Risk Register (data verified 14 Nov 2024)
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Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 615651 Buckfastleigh, Holy Trinity
Caption:
Exterior image of 615651 Buckfastleigh, Holy Trinity
Description:
Exterior image of the south façade of Buckfastleigh, Holy Trinity (615651) in the Diocese of Exeter, taken in 2008. This photograph shows the retained tower and ruined nave. The Grade II* listed Cabell tomb can be seen in the foreground.
Year / Date:
2008
Copyright:
Unknown
Originator:
Exeter DAC

Summary Description

C13 tower; most of building destroyed by major fire 1992.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship:
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

Exeter DAC (2008) Exterior image of 615651 Buckfastleigh, Holy Trinity [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 615651 Buckfastleigh, Holy Trinity
James Miles (2018) Closed Churches [Digital Archive/Data]
CWGC (2016) Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 11292 [Bibliography/Data]
Number of War Graves: 11
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~83062~113448 [Archive/Graphic material]

Perspective

ICBS File Number - 03420

Coverage - 1850

Created by ?HAYWARD, John: b. 1808 - d. 1891 of Exeter

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~83071~113449 [Archive/Graphic material]

Ground plan

ICBS File Number - 03420

Coverage - 1846

Created by ?HAYWARD, John: b. 1808 - d. 1891 of Exeter

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~83080~113450 [Archive/Graphic material]

Perspective

ICBS File Number - 03420

Coverage - 1844-1851

Created by ?HAYWARD, John: b. 1808 - d. 1891 of Exeter

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~83089~113451 [Archive/Graphic material]

Perspective

ICBS File Number - 03420

Coverage - 1844-1851

Created by ?HAYWARD, John: b. 1808 - d. 1891 of Exeter

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 8 Bells [Archive/Index]
8 Bells