Chevithorne

Chevithorne
Chevithorne
 Chevithorne shown within Devon
Population 5,093 
OS grid referenceSS9715
DistrictTiverton
Shire countyDevon
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Exeter
Postcode district EX
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentTiverton and Honiton
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Coordinates: 50°55′N 3°28′W / 50.92°N 03.46°W

Chevithorne (grid reference SS9715) is a small village near Tiverton, Devon. It lies three miles to the North East of Tiverton.

Major Buildings

Chevithorne Methodist Chapel -

The Church of St Thomas, the parish church, is a Victorian building of 1843 by Bejamin Ferrey.[1] It is of local red sandstone with a slate roof and in a Middle Pointed style.[2] The interior has memorial tablets to members of the Heathcoat-Amory family,[1] local industrialists and landowners who lived at nearby Knightshayes Court. The churchyard contains a memorial to Michael Heathcoat-Amory by the sculptor Eric Gill.[1] The church is a Grade II listed building.[2]

The vicarage, behind the church, is by the Victorian architect William Burges and was commissioned by Sir John Heathcoat-Amory and constructed 1870-71.[1] The style is Burges's "unmistakable muscular Gothic."[1] The building is of one storey with a garret and a kitchen wing and cost £700.[3] Now a private house, the vicarage is also Grade II listed.[3]

Chevithorne Barton is a manor house of the early 17th century, rebuilt in the 19th century and further remodelled for the Heathcoat-Amory's in 1930.[4] Of three storeys, it contains some original Jacobean platerwork and panelling.[5] The manor house is a Grade II* listed building.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cherry & Pevsner (2004), The Buildings of England:Devon, p. 257
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage". List.english-heritage.org.uk. 2000-04-10. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage". List.english-heritage.org.uk. 1996-05-29. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  4. ↑ "The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage". List.english-heritage.org.uk. 1952-02-12. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  5. ↑ Cherry & Pevsner (2004), The Buildings of England:Devon, p. 258
  6. ↑ "The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage". List.english-heritage.org.uk. 1952-02-12. Retrieved 2012-03-28.

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