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Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan

Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan is located in Devon
Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan
Location within Devon
50°29′22″N 3°39′54″W / 50.48944°N 3.66500°W / 50.48944; -3.66500
LocationTorbryan, Devon, England
History
Built1470
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name
Church of the Holy Trinity
Designated23 August 1955[1]
Reference no.1249658

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

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  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of the Holy Trinity, Denbury and Torbryan (1249658)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 August 2013
  2. 1 2 3 Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan, Devon, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
  3. Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 5, retrieved 2 April 2011
  4. ["Torbryan screen panels stolen from Holy Trinity church". BBC News. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. "Torbryan rood screen will rise again". www.visitchurches.org.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  6. Morris, Steven (24 June 2016). "Stolen medieval panels restored and reinstalled in Devon church". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 December 2018.