Cornworthy Devon
The church of St Peter , Cornworthy  Devon  stands at the head of the descending street, commanding the village below.  Where, before the middle of the 13c, the Priory rose above the western end of the same street,  <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7766rvY1n2">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7766rvY1n2</a>
The church dates from the late 14c / early 15c and replaced an earlier building from which the 12c font survives.  <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/J617vb7zVH">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/J617vb7zVH</a>
It consists of a continuous nave and chancel, embattled west tower which has 6 bells cast in 1781 by , 5-bay north and south aisles, early 17c south porch at the west end of the south side of the south aisle; vestry formed in the east end of the north aisle which continues up to the east end of the chancel.
It consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, and embattled west tower with clock and six bells, all cast in 1781 by John Christopher Pennington. 

According to the Exeter Faculty Books the church was entirely refitted in 1788 (Hoskins) but the box pews and replaced wooden window tracery appear to have been done along with a gallery in the c1835 restoration.  White's Directory of 1878 states that &quot;the church was recently cleaned and beautified throughout at a cost of upwards of £400&quot;, but it seems to have largely escaped Victorian restoration.

The internal walls of the church are plastered, the floors are quarry tiled and concrete paved. The nave, chancel and aisle roofs are ceiled hiding the early roof structures.  The 5 -bay north and south granite &amp; beer stone arcades are carved with foliage / grapes on the south side and flowers on the north.  The piers have been mutilated to take the rood screen and pulpit. There is a piscina in the south wall of the chancel south chapel and  hagioscopes at the east ends of the arcades in the chancel. 
The 15c rood screen spans the full width of the church, the canopy is missing but it is otherwise largely intact and has some remains of colour with the pomegranates of Catherine of Aragon still visable
The early 18c octagonal pulpit from Ashprington church has a rebuilt stem but the fine sounding board, original to the church, has a dome with a gilded trumpeting angel finial.  <a href="https://devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cornworthy-church-of-st-peter-gallery/#gallery/85a267fcc389f4ccd8d5ddcc017d5dd9/942" rel="noreferrer nofollow">devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cornworthy-church-of-st-p...</a>
It has its own brass candelabra and there is also a fine 18c  brass candelabra over the nave.  <a href="https://devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cornworthy-church-of-st-peter-gallery/#gallery/85a267fcc389f4ccd8d5ddcc017d5dd9/903" rel="noreferrer nofollow">devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cornworthy-church-of-st-p...</a>
There is an almost complete set of Georgian pews dating from 1788 with 19c graffiti inside.- At the west end of the pews there are 4 large round corner ports with fluted pinnacles which probably formerly supported the gallery which has been removed. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/sX9o4841HX">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/sX9o4841HX</a> Dado panelling on the aisle walls is continued in the recess under the windows as seats. 

There is a large monument to Sir Thomas Harris 1610 &amp; family which In 1788 was said to be &quot; an obstruction&quot; on the north side of the chancel and was moved to its present site on the south sadly the wrong way round.  This resulted in a considerable amount of money and a great deal of skill in 2011 to repair the damage caused and place Sir Thomas, his lady &amp; the two children in their correct positions.  <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4H7S4i87pk">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4H7S4i87pk</a> 
There is also a slate monument to Lucy Sperway who died in 1687 and another to Frances Newton  d1744. 

The registers date: baptisms, 1565; marriages, 1568; burials, 1562.

Ruth Sharville CCL <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1265037" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1265037</a>
cornworthy devon church