St Mary's Church, Brixham

St Mary's Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin
The Church Tower
St Mary's Church Shown within Devon
50°23′10″N3°31′08″W / 50.386037°N 3.518772°W / 50.386037; -3.518772
OS grid reference	SX 92120 55119
Location	Higher Brixham, Devon
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8908/
History
Status	Active
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	18-Oct-1949
Administration
Diocese	Exeter

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]

History

The 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

The 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

1. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, Brixham (1195156)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 January 2020.
2. "St Mary's Brixham". A Church Near You . Church of England . Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Devon. Yale University Press. p. 829. ISBN   978-0-300-09596-8.
4. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica. Hamilton, Adams, and Company. 1892. p. 75.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. "St Mary's Parish, Brixham". The National Archives . Retrieved 25 January 2020.
8. "Brixham: St Mary's Parish". South West Heritage Trust . Retrieved 25 January 2020.
9. "The Friends Of St Mary's, Brixham". Charity Commission . Retrieved 12 August 2019.

External links

• A Church Near You
• Brixham Future